tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1987831183784983844..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: It's a Boy, By Jove!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2873541059719620972013-07-15T09:12:05.922-07:002013-07-15T09:12:05.922-07:00Funny! Rush's very 1st quip today is reporting...Funny! Rush's very 1st quip today is reporting his weird dream of last night: Napolotano out---Zimmerman in as Homeland head!gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31149787358315541192013-07-14T09:52:57.119-07:002013-07-14T09:52:57.119-07:00Purana Coon Chow: All You Add is Love
Bangography...<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Purana" rel="nofollow">Purana</a> Coon Chow: All You Add is Love<br />Bangography of a Small Cosmos<br />Coonical Pslackology<br />Adam & Evolution<br />The Digital Body of Toots & The Coonquest of Spacetime<br /><br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55856788671482490042013-07-14T09:44:36.980-07:002013-07-14T09:44:36.980-07:00Alternate titles:
Gnocturnal Omissions: The Secr...Alternate titles:<br /><br />Gnocturnal Omissions: The Secret Life of a Raccoon<br />My Dinners with Gagdad<br />Bleatings with Repetitive Men<br />Slackrificial Writuals & Vertical Memoranda <br />If You're Not Eccentric, You're Wrong<br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88099792416213780342013-07-14T09:34:39.258-07:002013-07-14T09:34:39.258-07:00Congratulations, Stu!
Yes, the symbolism of Real ...Congratulations, Stu!<br /><br />Yes, the symbolism of Real Life exceeds all my suspicions and premonitions, valid as they were.<br /><br />As for Volume II, you're probably looking at it. Writing a book isn't nearly as rewarding as blogging. Although anyone has my permission to go through the arkive and assemble the One Cosmos Raider. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34728190653131379652013-07-14T09:33:31.046-07:002013-07-14T09:33:31.046-07:00Hey Bob.
It's been years since I've comme...Hey Bob.<br /><br />It's been years since I've commented on your blog, but I do still check in from time to time - particularly when I need a new book recommendation. I can't believe you are still going strong after, what, 7 years? Your writing is an enjoyable as ever, and I am eagerly waiting on Coonfesto volume II... <br /><br />Anyways, just thought I'd share that my wife recently gave birth to our first child! In addition to the sheer joy of taking care of the cutest little baby girl ever, fatherhood really sheds clarity on the whole fatherhood aspect of God. The interplay of omnipotence and freedom, container and contained, the relational, intersubjective nature of divinity, the human family as a symbol of the divine family...<br /><br />I mean, when you wrote about these things, I understood them, but actually living them out is a whole new experience. I imagine you may have had a similar experience when Tristan was born.<br /><br />Hope all is well and take care.<br /><br />Stu<br />Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14826901492938440940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75214062592939751292013-07-13T06:11:35.635-07:002013-07-13T06:11:35.635-07:00:D
Did you see the screen grab? That almost makes...:D<br /><br />Did you see the screen grab? That almost makes me sort of want to watch network news.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64615534598582734382013-07-13T05:20:26.565-07:002013-07-13T05:20:26.565-07:00Lord forgive us!
signed,
Sum Ting Wong, Wei Tu Lo,...Lord forgive us!<br />signed,<br />Sum Ting Wong, Wei Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42130466883010032142013-07-12T21:16:09.365-07:002013-07-12T21:16:09.365-07:00If Zimmerman gets convicted, he'll be a shoo-i...If Zimmerman gets convicted, he'll be a shoo-in for the positionEphrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35033610350806747472013-07-12T14:05:42.006-07:002013-07-12T14:05:42.006-07:00Zimmerman apparently voted for Obama in 2008, anyw...Zimmerman apparently voted for Obama in 2008, anyway. I wonder how he feels about that right now?mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16439444551347023162013-07-12T11:02:06.075-07:002013-07-12T11:02:06.075-07:00Napolitano out as Homeland honchette! hooray~~
Mr ...Napolitano out as Homeland honchette! hooray~~<br />Mr Prez may we suggest: Zimmerman in, a great replacement!gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48808651130555909862013-07-12T10:10:15.733-07:002013-07-12T10:10:15.733-07:00Oh, yeah. What a farce of a trial and to endure it...Oh, yeah. What a farce of a trial and to endure it? I would have gotten violent, the barbarian that I am.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15930864508929607172013-07-12T09:06:55.453-07:002013-07-12T09:06:55.453-07:00I like that -- the dog analogy is actually quite e...I like that -- the dog analogy is actually quite exact, if Voegelin is correct that man lives -- and must live -- in permanent tension with the divine ground. We can always sniff it, even if we can't actually catch it, at least on this side of the divide. Voegelin defines "gnosticism" as the attempt to do so -- or the pretense of having done so -- and its modern form is leftism, scientism, Darwinism, etc., or ideology in all its varieties.<br /><br />And no post today. But if you ever get in trouble in Florida, I strongly recommend the services of Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50029127965346622852013-07-12T08:51:16.244-07:002013-07-12T08:51:16.244-07:00“If any of you were able to unravel yesterday'...“If any of you were able to unravel yesterday's post…”<br /><br />Actually, I found yesterday’s post a little more accessible than many. I came to your book and blog via Brian Greene’s writings about quantum physics. Since then, Schuon and others have intrigued and perplexed me. <br /><br />I like what Kurt said: “…mostly when I read something 'too big to eat' I just need to let it sit for a bit.” That works for me, too.<br /><br />Often I feel like what somebody once said about dogs – they live their lives always just on the verge of understanding.Olden Earshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07431608770606724754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32993624895472475052013-07-11T18:43:14.858-07:002013-07-11T18:43:14.858-07:00There is a real man in this cosmic myth.
Or is it ...There is a real man in this <a href="http://trailers.apple.com/movies/independent/stillmine/stillmine-tlr_r640s.mov?width=640&height=340" rel="nofollow">cosmic myth.</a><br />Or is it cosmic man in this real myth?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8101616564397650042013-07-11T18:11:58.486-07:002013-07-11T18:11:58.486-07:00"there was (obviously) a historical context f..."there was (obviously) a historical context for Jesus's appearance, and we have to -- to the extent that it is possible -- separate the merely historical from the truly essential"<br /><br />And the only way to join them is through myth.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83609464967731665992013-07-11T17:10:23.723-07:002013-07-11T17:10:23.723-07:00There is a planting myth because there is a Resurr...There is a planting myth because there is a Resurrection. <br /><br /><i>God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers</i>, and He said, "Get ready! The Real Thing is coming!"mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85388335452992281882013-07-11T16:12:57.844-07:002013-07-11T16:12:57.844-07:00similar glimmer:
Truth & Life of Myth: An Essa...similar glimmer:<br />Truth & Life of Myth: An Essay in Essential Autobiography<br />by another Bob [Duncan]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17736615008320740512013-07-11T14:45:58.996-07:002013-07-11T14:45:58.996-07:00Voegelin called Christianity a "true myth.&qu...Voegelin called Christianity a "true myth."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56954123184214244392013-07-11T14:36:57.135-07:002013-07-11T14:36:57.135-07:00Reminds me of watching Joseph Campbell on PBS a co...Reminds me of watching Joseph Campbell on PBS a couple of decades ago talking about the myth of the planting of the seed, its dying and rising three days later. The effect on me then was a faith killer. You see, the resurrection is just another version of the planting myth. And that may have been intentional. <br /><br />I was stuck in the horizontal back then. Now, with just a wee bit of altitude, I'm seeing the reality as it resonates throughout history. <br /><br />That Virgil prophecy, veeeeery interesting.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75286864339480783042013-07-11T13:39:21.850-07:002013-07-11T13:39:21.850-07:00[a seat on the bus]
--Maria Bamford works this jok...[a seat on the bus]<br />--Maria Bamford works this joke into her show, saying she heard it from a Mexican teen who moved in next door and who wondered whether it would translate:<br />A guy is sitting on a crowded bus and a woman straphanger is standing over him---she does not shave her underarms and he keeps looking at this new-to-him sight; eventually she is bothered by his attention and asks him 'que pasa hombre?'<br />He says, 'Sorry I was just wondering how you can get your leg so high up in the air??'gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46699558152257581982013-07-11T12:25:32.466-07:002013-07-11T12:25:32.466-07:00There's always a seat on the bus.There's always a seat on the bus.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66155381447135609832013-07-11T12:19:51.718-07:002013-07-11T12:19:51.718-07:00Yesterday's post was not unclear, Bob, it was ...Yesterday's post was not unclear, Bob, it was TOO clear. Sometimes people can talk/write and say absolutely nothing (often subtracting from our understanding/knowledge). And sometimes a person can talk/write and say absolutely everything (greatly expanding understanding or at least presenting the possibility of expansion). That was the case yesterday, and today, too. Sometimes reading Schuon I had to take it line-by-line, identifying the meaning of each word and trying to line these meanings up into a more coherent whole (kind of like musical notes grouping into chords...). But mostly when I read something 'too big to eat' I just need to let it sit for a bit. The truth will out, as they say. Thanks, as always, for inviting us along for the ride!Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750808052006968358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68952751195990470342013-07-11T10:41:57.391-07:002013-07-11T10:41:57.391-07:00As to the difference between knowledge and realiza...As to the difference between knowledge and realization, I suppose it all depends upon where we are situated on the radius between • and O, center and circumference. <br /><br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23206123584610876172013-07-11T10:40:19.235-07:002013-07-11T10:40:19.235-07:00http://irvingart.ipower.com/iaawordpress/wp-conten...http://irvingart.ipower.com/iaawordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/taohorses.jpg<br /><br />by Willem de Cooning, of courseTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19634256537740828882013-07-11T10:37:38.345-07:002013-07-11T10:37:38.345-07:00the local self IS the nonlocal Self
I wonder, how...<i>the local self IS the nonlocal Self</i><br /><br />I wonder, how is the realization of this equation more than notional? I mean, sure, we get how we're the universe and the universe is us (cue Elton John singing in his tight, reedy voice "The Circle of Life"), and if we just watch the universe pass through our consciousness without "attachment," we'll realize it's true, things come in and out in the Tao and "we" are that. Get that straight in your head, and you experience at-aone-ment at its source.<br /><br />I've never had the experience myself -- at least, not beyond a kind of limited notional assent. Hobbies!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.com