tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1277478195123972321..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: You Can't Maintain Metaphysical Fitness by Wrestling with ShadowsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67952301967025950022013-01-18T11:10:10.296-08:002013-01-18T11:10:10.296-08:00No problem - thanks for the read :) It provided an...No problem - thanks for the read :) It provided an interesting contrast to the <i>Little House</i> books, which I'm currently re-reading.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10652102372054865642013-01-18T11:08:39.382-08:002013-01-18T11:08:39.382-08:00Anyhoo, thanks for the feedback!
Anyhoo, thanks for the feedback!<br />Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46721822652077986362013-01-18T11:07:34.725-08:002013-01-18T11:07:34.725-08:00He led a fascinating life.
Took to the white man&#...He led a fascinating life.<br />Took to the white man's way at the urging og his father and went to college and became a doctor and a writer. I think he was one of the first people to reach Wounded Knee after the massacre.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71926070957272202462013-01-18T10:25:41.303-08:002013-01-18T10:25:41.303-08:00Dougman - thanks, that was an interesting read. My...Dougman - thanks, that was an interesting read. My first thought touches back on a recent conversation over at <a href="http://funglejungle.blogspot.com/2013/01/heaven-on-earth.html" rel="nofollow">Mushroom's place</a>, regarding the tendency people have to idealize the past, the gist of which was this:<br /><br />"In reality, the "feel" of those times that we miss has almost everything to do with interior states of being; cultures based in Truth will always have an aura of heaven about them, no matter what their outward trappings, and cultures turned away from Truth will always have the stink of hell."<br /><br />If the history the author you linked wrote about is true, that would indeed have been a beautiful way of life.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82325833155211383722013-01-18T08:34:51.795-08:002013-01-18T08:34:51.795-08:00Hey Coons!
I'm interested to hear any feedback...Hey Coons!<br />I'm interested to hear any feedback you might have on this book.<br />It's not a short read but not too long. <br /><br />http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/eassoul.htm<br />CHARLES A. EASTMAN (OHIYESA)<br /><br />Possibly the "MYSTERY" spoken of in Revelations?<br /> <br />Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45152271454283928162013-01-18T08:34:06.352-08:002013-01-18T08:34:06.352-08:00And with all due respect to Wilber -- who was once...And with all due respect to Wilber -- who was once a clear thinker -- the mere fact that he not only associates with this huckster, but endorses his books, places his judgment in question, to put it mildly. Or to put it another way: if Wilber's philosophy is so lofty, why can't it even prevent him from such self-beclowning? Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81447544004440200392013-01-18T08:30:13.301-08:002013-01-18T08:30:13.301-08:00Wow. How in the heck does anybody fall for that sc...Wow. How in the heck does <i>anybody</i> fall for that schlock? <br /><br />SUPER BRAIN! Unleash the EXPLOSIVE POWER of your MIND!!<br /><br />Come on. Really? <br /><br />The fact that Chopra has become ridiculously successful peddling that bull is just one more sign of the coming apocalypse.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79559147957577068872013-01-18T08:08:57.966-08:002013-01-18T08:08:57.966-08:00Here is Wilber interviewing his buddy Deepak. I&#...Here is <a href="http://integrallife.com/ken-wilber-dialogues/inside-super-brain" rel="nofollow">Wilber</a> interviewing his buddy Deepak. I'm afraid to look.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67845558288091864482013-01-18T08:01:58.889-08:002013-01-18T08:01:58.889-08:00lighten up your weekend: A CONFAB OF
MAJE ATHEIST...lighten up your weekend: A CONFAB OF <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUg-1NCCowc" rel="nofollow">MAJE ATHEISTS</a>gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76709757588028365892013-01-18T07:48:56.726-08:002013-01-18T07:48:56.726-08:00I started to try to read it, but got distracted by...I started to try to read it, but got distracted by the picture. It gives me the willies.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12899517049439552282013-01-18T07:46:50.833-08:002013-01-18T07:46:50.833-08:00Maybe as I write today's post I'll try to ...Maybe as I write today's post I'll try to incorporate some of Wilber's rant. He really needs an editor, though. As Don Colacho says, "a writer who doesn't torture his sentences tortures his readers."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80755757808893704602013-01-18T07:41:59.163-08:002013-01-18T07:41:59.163-08:00Thanks for the clarification Bob. I suppose I'...Thanks for the clarification Bob. I suppose I'll just need to read Gilson's book. tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75906372268732372072013-01-18T07:37:31.556-08:002013-01-18T07:37:31.556-08:00For example, in the first paragraph Wilber says th...For example, in the first paragraph Wilber says that critical realism "separates epistemology and ontology," which is precisely what realism does not do, since it cannot be done. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86456037156563093062013-01-18T07:33:56.689-08:002013-01-18T07:33:56.689-08:00Actually, it doesn't speak to Gilson, since hi...Actually, it doesn't speak to Gilson, since his <i>Methodical Realism</i> is a brief against critical realism, which he believes simply devolves to another form of critical theory. Once we abandon genuine realism, we are in a pretentious Wilberian lala land. Never trust a man who endorses Deepak Chopra or Bubba Free John or Andrew Cohen or Michel Foucault. Realism inoculates a person from such fatuities.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91765759001318776732013-01-18T06:27:34.739-08:002013-01-18T06:27:34.739-08:00A new excerpt released from Wilber's forthcomi...A new <a href="http://integrallife.com/integral-post/response-critical-theory-defense-integral-theory?page=0,0" rel="nofollow">excerpt</a> released from Wilber's forthcoming book speaks to critical realism that Gilson is bringing out. Of course, Ken sides that developmental context will determine ontology and epistemology at the same time (therefore hedging traditionalism with postmodernism).tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59346281303526689642013-01-17T19:08:54.117-08:002013-01-17T19:08:54.117-08:00Van (Harvey), Thank you for beating Jay Carney lik...Van (Harvey), Thank you for beating Jay Carney like a rented mule. He deserves it, and more besides.<br /><br />My husband's bumper sticker from December 19th: "Ban Abortion: If It Saves Just One Life It’s Worth It." <br /><br />He saw it coming.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1u0Byq5QisChristina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62227508403846660372013-01-17T13:56:30.362-08:002013-01-17T13:56:30.362-08:00Joan said " Totally tweeted it!"
Thanks...Joan said " Totally tweeted it!"<br /><br />Thanks Joan!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37676149217025489572013-01-17T10:57:43.368-08:002013-01-17T10:57:43.368-08:00"Meanwhile, as I recover from my gunshot woun..."Meanwhile, as I recover from my gunshot wounds, here's some great news: Afghanistan IS Now A Gun Free Zone"<br /><br />Don't worry about a thing, Ben.<br /><br />I've found some potential girlfriends (twins) online in a chat room who are both incredibly attractive and skilled battlefield surgeons. They are 35, but people tell them that they look like they are in their mid-20's.<br /><br />I told them all about you about your problem with your wife and they agreed to stop by your place in about an hour to fix you up and potentially date you.<br /><br />However, they need your bank account number, though in order to give you some cash so that you can buy some pain killers if they get stuck in traffic.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17752113795820330322013-01-17T09:11:48.645-08:002013-01-17T09:11:48.645-08:00It was an eerie parallel to Notre Dame's entir...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpyai-X3BgA" rel="nofollow">It was an eerie parallel to Notre Dame's entire season. </a>mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-256171097018995152013-01-17T09:09:57.789-08:002013-01-17T09:09:57.789-08:00Meanwhile, as I recover from my gunshot wounds, he...Meanwhile, as I recover from my gunshot wounds, here's some great news: <a href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/01/afghanistan-declared-gun-free-zone/?utm_source=The+Duffel+Blog+Email+Newsletter&utm_campaign=622382ddf9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow">Afghanistan IS Now A Gun Free Zone</a>USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11142835539024889192013-01-17T09:03:02.888-08:002013-01-17T09:03:02.888-08:00Besides, she died of cancer.
Blam! Blam! Besides, she died of cancer.<br /><br />Blam! Blam! USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68342896187815450572013-01-17T09:00:42.293-08:002013-01-17T09:00:42.293-08:00Gagdad Bob said "No time for a post today. Un...Gagdad Bob said "No time for a post today. Until tomorrow, keep it real."<br /><br />Even our girlfriends? Where's the fun in that? <br /><br />Wait dear, I was joking...really! You see, Mushroom was sayin'....<br /><br />OW! Now hold on, it was a hoax, see?<br /><br />Ack!<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73054075182942365372013-01-17T08:38:45.174-08:002013-01-17T08:38:45.174-08:00No time for a post today. Until tomorrow, keep it...No time for a post today. Until tomorrow, keep it real.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80723783234056150482013-01-17T08:06:43.691-08:002013-01-17T08:06:43.691-08:00Funniest gun control video ever.
People against s...Funniest gun control video ever.<br /><br />People against senseless violence yard signs advertising that the house is a "Gun Free Zone"<br /><br />I'm shocked, shocked that no one wanted one.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1Zy_ASNyAJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73808102504023018292013-01-17T07:59:01.120-08:002013-01-17T07:59:01.120-08:00"It's happening now with left and right b..."It's happening now with left and right brain differences. Ever since I picked up The Master and His Emissary, they're turning up everywhere I look, for example, in this book by Etienne Gilson called Methodical" Realism."<br /><br />That's because I think I dumped a Bionian dept charge into the hopper.<br /><br />I mean, I was wandering around some other blog (who also blogged about MOT at one point) and grabbed the Master book thingy and brought it here because...well, because that's what I do.<br /><br />I figured I would see what happens. I'm kind of surprised by what happened. Meaning that *anything* happened at all.<br /><br />Anyhow, it looks like it was one of those Bionian thingies.<br /><br />I don't know if that helps.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com