tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1769333302621716104..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: A Void is Not a HomeGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1682667457929214892017-03-03T08:29:23.430-08:002017-03-03T08:29:23.430-08:00"Here again, this violence represents an inve..."Here again, this violence represents an inverse parody of God's creativity: "appeals to violence, and even a kind of ecstasy at the prospect of its use, abound in revolutionary literature.""<br /><br />The pursuit of Power; which can only provide 'satisfaction', through its bring imposed upon someone else, against their will. <br /><br />Coming together vs tearing apart, for many people, is a choice they struggle with. <br /><br />...What? Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28332281837144386622017-03-02T16:55:20.130-08:002017-03-02T16:55:20.130-08:00But sooner or later we will look around for the to...<i>But sooner or later we will look around for the to, only to discover that it doesn't exist -- that we are liberated into nothingness, precisely. It's like escaping from Alcatraz Prison -- wheeee!-- only to die of hypothermia upon plunging into the bone-rattling currents.</i><br /><br />I was just reading something today which seems to touch on this theme from a different perspective: <a href="http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/alexander-dugin-on-the-heartland-versus-the-heartless-the-neocon-and-neoliberal-plan-for-russia-and-america/" rel="nofollow">The heartland vs. the heartless</a>. That is, the idea of the people who are in a sense rooted to a particular people, place and tradition - and therefore invested in its past, present and future well-being - vs. an unlanded people traveling rootlessly from resource to resource, who have no stake in any particular place. It also perhaps parallels the idea of r/K.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51858548622980129232017-03-02T15:33:41.299-08:002017-03-02T15:33:41.299-08:00I like the ice analogy. I like the ice analogy. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58841698111576036752017-03-02T15:09:35.877-08:002017-03-02T15:09:35.877-08:00To compel the Nothing to be Something. Well that ...To compel the Nothing to be Something. Well that happens all at once, and seems to take forever. That is an act of mercy, and a gift.<br /><br />I am not one to judge the results. Too many begats. <br /><br />Everything comes from something, and pretty much gets distant. Oh, there is not light without a source. Just kicked out and honoring the parents. Of course, those connections just make stuff up. <br /><br />If everything is going somewhere then that should be OK. Sure seems like a certain something. Even when sitting down and wondering why anything is running around to begin with.nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632021240126981592noreply@blogger.com