tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1834455977144969216..comments2024-03-18T13:34:06.557-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: What's the Difference?Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40871739802464029312013-12-24T08:20:36.174-08:002013-12-24T08:20:36.174-08:00ok just 'cos it's
Christmas!!
1. The Roa...ok just 'cos it's <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJZtLkBpsI" rel="nofollow">Christmas!!</a><br /><br />1. The Road to Freedom - 00:11<br />2. The Worried Being - 04:53<br />3. The Way to Happiness - 09:04<br />4. Make it Go Right - 14:53<br />[you'll find yourself humming this one all day!]<br />5. Laugh a Little - 19:20gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10876445834403642012013-12-23T17:46:11.301-08:002013-12-23T17:46:11.301-08:00Good point. Can I buy some pot from you?Good point. Can I buy some pot from you?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77352022319431262872013-12-23T17:13:32.574-08:002013-12-23T17:13:32.574-08:00Separation is not about what you think. It is a p...Separation is not about what you think. It is a price that has been paid, even if just for a thousand, or a hundred, or ten, or just One. There was never any other way to settle the smallest of disagreements. Now, if you could do both, and save the world, you would still have to sit it out, and watch, and wait. nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632021240126981592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18601923939352256202013-12-23T14:43:09.812-08:002013-12-23T14:43:09.812-08:00[i'm talking more techniques][i'm talking more techniques]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28353973924222626772013-12-23T14:30:05.325-08:002013-12-23T14:30:05.325-08:00I believe they must be very foolish, at least in s...I believe they must be very foolish, at least in some respects. To trade the richness of Judaism, for instance, for the non-sense of Scientology doesn't exactly strike me as wise.<br /><br />I'm sure Hubbard was canny enough to mix just enough of truth or near-truth in with his fairy tales to make it resonate with the desire for transcendence, but perverted truth is often more harmful and wrong than an outright lie. I wouldn't look there for anything worth knowing.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24471693767195235102013-12-23T14:29:48.870-08:002013-12-23T14:29:48.870-08:00NoMo -- Yes, exactly. It would be strictly impos...NoMo -- Yes, exactly. It would be strictly impossible from our end alone, i.e., "you can't get there from here."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25689714147854083422013-12-23T14:21:02.504-08:002013-12-23T14:21:02.504-08:00Such a band's story would be hard to dream --i...Such a band's story would be hard to dream --imagine devoting your life to this nut's vision [good bio of Captain <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBa8bS_vZkM" rel="nofollow">Beefheart</a>, 'guru'-musician]<br /><br /><br />ps re scientology---obviously the choich has some problems, but i might give them a nod of credit or 2---or are Beck, Burroughs, Morrison, Williamson, Corea, Clarke, Karen Black, Kirstie Alley, Seinfeld [i say he is one] total idiots? or just sizable %? :)gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8919509021767456682013-12-23T14:09:52.012-08:002013-12-23T14:09:52.012-08:00In a sense, isn't it separation, will, and cre...In a sense, isn't it separation, will, and creativity, particularly in the context of the "novel restoration" that makes it even reasonably possible for us to fulfill the greatest commandment?<br /><br />i.e. "LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND."NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5687932969701091772013-12-23T12:37:26.225-08:002013-12-23T12:37:26.225-08:00For example, the founders recognized that distinct...For example, the founders recognized that distinction without virtue is just narcissism or the lust for power.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15257519781175233922013-12-23T12:35:48.811-08:002013-12-23T12:35:48.811-08:00Interesting too that in classical thought it is re...Interesting too that in classical thought it is recognized that man craves "distinction," which seems to be another iteration of it. A normal person wants to be distinct from the herd, but there are healthy and pathological ways of achieving this. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21584483038576025702013-12-23T12:33:08.023-08:002013-12-23T12:33:08.023-08:00Yes, it is the instinct for transcendence that set...Yes, it is the instinct for transcendence that sets us apart as human -- and "transcendence" seems to be another word for "difference."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44570898035917787792013-12-23T12:19:51.444-08:002013-12-23T12:19:51.444-08:00Interesting. Man can't escape the religious im...Interesting. Man can't escape the religious impulse. It just gets redirected, and hopefully in places not too crazy.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69903782152063108102013-12-23T12:19:31.557-08:002013-12-23T12:19:31.557-08:00Which is what psychoanalysis became more generally...Which is what psychoanalysis became more generally, just a displaced religious quest (whereas Freud would say that religion is a displaced oedipal quest).Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46642096585837028742013-12-23T12:17:54.387-08:002013-12-23T12:17:54.387-08:00I believe Rank was among that first generation of ...I believe Rank was among that first generation of "self-loathing Jews" who were kind of ashamed of their parents or grandparents, and who wanted to assimilate. So it's like a religious quest minus the religion.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89642940838402745002013-12-23T12:14:57.322-08:002013-12-23T12:14:57.322-08:00Yes, Becker too was a disciple of Rank, but again,...Yes, Becker too was a disciple of Rank, but again, he only goes as far as a "heroic existentialism" and no further. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62148538005848356132013-12-23T12:03:41.484-08:002013-12-23T12:03:41.484-08:00scientology might have insights
Not sure how I fe...<i>scientology might have insights</i><br /><br />Not sure how I feel about that ge. Just read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Going-Clear-Scientology-Hollywood-Prison/dp/0307700666/ref=sr_1_2?s=textbooks-trade-in&ie=UTF8&qid=1387828934&sr=1-2&keywords=going+clear" rel="nofollow">Going Clear</a>. <br /><br />Seems more like a manipulation than a religion.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83640324227530730502013-12-23T11:56:39.146-08:002013-12-23T11:56:39.146-08:00Related to your dream-accomplisher theme is the id...Related to your dream-accomplisher theme is the idea we might have undeveloped because uncalled-on [perhaps miraculous healing etc type] skills that rest in latency having atrophied via non-use/non-confidence/ignorance of their presence...one area i think scientology might have insights on...gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51399543336828941742013-12-23T11:55:08.056-08:002013-12-23T11:55:08.056-08:00Reminds me of Ernest Becker's classic Denial o...Reminds me of Ernest Becker's classic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Denial-Death-Ernest-Becker-ebook/dp/B002C7Z57C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387828217&sr=8-1&keywords=denial+of+death" rel="nofollow">Denial of Death</a>. I know he was heavily influenced by Rank, and came to the conclusion that man must both surrender and heroically take on something bigger than himself. It's a nice merger of psychology with religion (and includes the freedom, creativity, and individuality needed to ground it).tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48328093465787882462013-12-23T11:31:12.784-08:002013-12-23T11:31:12.784-08:00Let's go back to the beginning: "Without ...<i>Let's go back to the beginning: "Without difference," writes Menaker, "there would be no individual will and no creative expression." Ah ha. Difference. What is difference then, and why is it here? In other words, why should there be anything other than oneness? </i><br /><br />Along those lines, I'm reminded again of a story that's been making the rounds about millenials, particularly the children of helicopter parents, who reach adulthood and beyond and are essentially crippled because they never learned how to function on their own.<br /><br />Which reminds me of something I've had occasion to think about, as a stay-at-home parent: maybe it's just me, but spending all day every day around my kids, even when there was just one, made me rather <i>dis</i>inclined to be much of a helicopter. If anything, I find great pleasure in their increasing independence. Meanwhile, whenever I take them to activities where creativity is involved, pretty much every other kid has a parent doing everything <i>for</i> the kids. How the heck are they supposed to learn anything if they never have to try it?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17402045668667037732013-12-23T11:21:05.929-08:002013-12-23T11:21:05.929-08:00Probably. I don't remember either, and I'...Probably. I don't remember either, and I'm too lazy to reach over four feet to my right. But it would certainly go to the trinitarian deustinctions within the Godhead. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88324762538123333472013-12-23T11:08:39.667-08:002013-12-23T11:08:39.667-08:00Well, we could say that there is nothing but onene...<i>Well, we could say that there is nothing but oneness prior to the appearance of man. I mean, right? For what is man but the realization of difference, of separation from the source? </i><br /><br />I'm not sure where my copy of the book is at the moment, but if memory serves this was a key point toward the beginning of "Man and Woman He Created Them", was it not?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com