tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3895548985193695636..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: All the World's a Stage, and Each of Us Plies a Part and WholeGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13652617423230323812009-03-25T19:44:00.000-07:002009-03-25T19:44:00.000-07:00(Darn it... missed the right page agains)(Darn it... missed the right page agains)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46759924890482454522009-03-25T19:43:00.000-07:002009-03-25T19:43:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15938905532318330292009-03-24T21:40:00.000-07:002009-03-24T21:40:00.000-07:00"Regarding the healing of this ontological rupture..."Regarding the healing of this ontological rupture, this is the secret meaning of Toots' cryptic mantra, in God we truss."<BR/><BR/>Don't try to raise your roof without it.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67123973147156238282009-03-24T18:25:00.000-07:002009-03-24T18:25:00.000-07:00>>"It is not until the other enters int...>>"It is not until the other enters into the space of the subject that, like Sleeping Beauty, it [the subject] awakens from its slumber -- at once to the world and to itself" (Balthasar)<<<BR/> <BR/>In a sense, I think, this sums up the relation between Godhead and God or between Godhead and His Creation, the sum total of everything that exists.<BR/> <BR/>>>After the Ecstasy, the Laundry<<<BR/> <BR/>For a book of this nature, this one wasn't too bad, I thought. It seemed to me that the author was set on taking the NewAge flock out for a reality walk - and the book was sprinkled with intimations re: the peril and utter seriousness of the spiritual path. That is, once you take up the cross/activate your karma, expect an Everest-scaled challenge or two or three. Most modern-day guru-type authors skip right by this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21387006907679217472009-03-24T15:53:00.000-07:002009-03-24T15:53:00.000-07:00Yes ***And, will add, I embraced B. with spoken, ...Yes <BR/>*<BR/>*<BR/>*<BR/>And, will add, I embraced B. with spoken, "This is God's love"<BR/><BR/>TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48977500084265890222009-03-24T15:48:00.000-07:002009-03-24T15:48:00.000-07:00theo: The kind of love, which longed to lay hands ...theo: <I>The kind of love, which longed to lay hands on Hussein for the purpose of soul-healing?</I><BR/><BR/>Does laying on of hands <I>suddenly</I> count?mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39909506213341902282009-03-24T15:37:00.000-07:002009-03-24T15:37:00.000-07:00In turn, this is why human beings can never find t...<I>In turn, this is why human beings can never find their true unity in either the object world (which science attempts to do) or in the subject world (as ascending spiritualities and idealist philosophies attempt to do)</I><BR/><BR/>Kind of in the same vein -- "For the person who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." (1 John 4:20)<BR/><BR/>wv: <I>dentio</I> when your PC suddenly starts working correctly after you dent the case.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77506741709701773762009-03-24T15:36:00.000-07:002009-03-24T15:36:00.000-07:00.....The kind of love which one day while embracin........The kind of love which one day while embracing a fellow - healer, his body release-shuddered (like an electric shock kind of shudder) 'sending' a bolt of energy through me which exit-released through the bottoms of my feet... his body suddenly free of fear went limp in my arms. We were alone.<BR/> Another friend shared afterwards he and a couple of other students paused at the doorway . Not wanting to disrupt, sensing something extraordinary just happened.<BR/> Later, telling me how he never saw B. "this animated on the way home from class." <BR/><BR/>TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51165982370155220782009-03-24T15:12:00.000-07:002009-03-24T15:12:00.000-07:00Ever felt the kind of love which made You weep and...Ever felt the kind of love which made You weep and (while driving) uttering "blessed be" with every passing car? Wanting to put the wipers on then noticing it was sunny out?<BR/><BR/>The kind of love, which longed to lay hands on Hussein for the purpose of soul-healing?<BR/><BR/>TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28103714307888686382009-03-24T14:56:00.000-07:002009-03-24T14:56:00.000-07:00Tell more about me? About my lonelines?What loneli...Tell more about me? About my lonelines?<BR/>What lonelines? Even at night I'm not alone.<BR/><BR/>This morn' in soul-body I was with sis-in-law who was happy to see me. Glad to see many pots filled with homemade dishes (I like to cook) .... Telling me how "some talk about kings", about important people - implying I don't.....<BR/><BR/>Inside a very large dwelling marvelling at just how real every minute deatail was. Looking at a staricase with a landing graced with a very large window . Interacting with people...helping one boy child wipe his wet, very blond hair. One grrrlchild adoring me to pieces was sad I had to go. I told her she could have my email...Young woman came in shaking like a leaf.Instantly I enfolded her in my arms promising it will subside. She surrendered her body-fear. Accepted the healing.<BR/> <BR/>Normaly, when in soul-body I ask people for a permission to place my hands on them ( when I see, or they talk about their pain), but not this time.<BR/> Her pain was so great I didn't have time to think about formalities. . .At some point wondering how I would get back. Then thought all I need to do is to imagine I'm back (in body).<BR/><BR/>In my question for Bob tho, the "World Pain" I'm asking about is not of the 'same category' as I described above.<BR/><BR/>TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50509831276188197042009-03-24T14:33:00.000-07:002009-03-24T14:33:00.000-07:00It would appear as if the space we occupy between ...It would appear as if the space we occupy between spirit and matter, could be likened to a rhizosphere . If residing in one or other of the blurred edges, one may readily identify with either spirit or matter. If residing mid-way, in 'Peters place', then one treads water with trepidation, having no confidence in either spirit or matter. ( Saint Peter should be the patron saint of panic attack sufferers.) However the dilema produced the answer, that's expressed in the words of the song-'Put your hand in the hand'. If only I had access I'd listen to the Elvis Prestley version on YouTube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66915021481985776302009-03-24T13:57:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:57:00.000-07:00Theofilia:Tell more of the silent voice at 8:22 a....Theofilia:<BR/><BR/>Tell more of the silent voice at 8:22 a.m.<BR/><BR/>Tell more about anxiety, lonliness, and suffering.<BR/><BR/>Tell more about yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27290917690684010052009-03-24T13:43:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:43:00.000-07:00After Julie's last link, I am starting to feel ver...After Julie's last link, I am starting to feel very forgiving---okay, downright cuddly---about Mr. Madoff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1206357030039658642009-03-24T13:40:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:40:00.000-07:00I'm curious Bob, if at any point Balthasar writes ...I'm curious Bob, if at any point Balthasar writes about his own "cosmoform" work-experiences. From the last paragraph "In so doing, the subject beomes increasingly "cosmoform".<BR/><BR/>Wondering if he, in his very own body felt the burden of the World...Did he feel the Pain of the World. Natural disasters -being the worst and most difficult, a time when many souls leave their matter-body all at once. Did he 'absorbed' their fear and panic... Could he sleep at night then?<BR/><BR/>TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24417694892312344742009-03-24T12:59:00.000-07:002009-03-24T12:59:00.000-07:00Transhumanists are really, really batty. Everyone ...Transhumanists are really, really batty. <BR/><BR/>Everyone who believes they're going to live forever probably thinks that until they actually start dying. <BR/><BR/>Then, God willing, they've got enough time to figure things out really quick...<BR/><BR/>Some are doing cryogenic storage to cheat death. <BR/><BR/>I think dying when I'm supposed to beats waking up in some strange post-apocalyptic future half frozen...<BR/><BR/>But 'faith' is 'faith;.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56584401237662873092009-03-24T12:19:00.000-07:002009-03-24T12:19:00.000-07:00Frankly, the world would be better off if all self...<I>Frankly, the world would be better off if all self-proclaimed gurus just got real jobs and manifested their so-called enlightenment in slightly more challenging circumstances than lecturing groups of starry-eyed and adoring dupes.</I><BR/><BR/>Then again, getting a real job is no guarantee they'll be <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123785033607519075.html#mod=todays_us_nonsub_page_one" REL="nofollow">any less nutty</A>. Immortality can be yours! All it takes is $1700/ month and 500 sq. feet of sheer discomfort! (tw Vanderleun)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71676971452175724552009-03-24T12:16:00.000-07:002009-03-24T12:16:00.000-07:00Oh vey, I scriblled Spirit Speaks in 95', not 05'....Oh vey, I scriblled Spirit Speaks in 95', not 05'.<BR/><BR/>C. Pinnock in Flame of Love writes,<BR/>"Suffering and struggle are involved in the creaturely process. Anxiety, loneliness, limitation, temptation are all part of it. We are not protected from challenges and trials. This is not a struggle-free world order. God wills good for the creature, but also a creature who corresponds with God in terms of love. Only a free creature can fulfill such a destiny."<BR/>*<BR/>"Spirit can be viewed as a ballet dancer who leaps into the air and lands in perfect balance in relation to a partner."<BR/>*<BR/>"God has access to the world from every point that is open and subject to the Spirit that pervades it. The whole world process is like the unfolding music of a divine composer."<BR/><BR/>TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54151262145325216892009-03-24T11:01:00.000-07:002009-03-24T11:01:00.000-07:00or, to be precise, we harmonize the arrows of (↓) ...<I>or, to be precise, we harmonize the arrows of (↓) (↑) within our being</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, that clarifies the situation.<BR/><BR/><I>the book talks about that "luminous fissure that was about to break open in this heretofore dark, impenetrable circle. Here, the dawning of an internal horizon in a universe now divided against itself, the unimaginable opening of a window on the world."</I><BR/><BR/>See also today's <A HREF="http://frothfromwalt.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Froth</A>.<BR/><BR/><I>I attempted to pinpoint that glorious moment when the cosmos as we know it actually came into being some 35 to 40,000 years ago, with the "big bang" of humanness. However, it also occurs on a micro, individual basis each time a baby awakens to the world he co-creates in his own transitional space.</I><BR/><BR/>And even then, if we're lucky it begins again and again within that individual transitional space, as we are birthed and re-birthed.<BR/><BR/><I>This is why we say that the Way of the Raccoon is only for mature adults who have already become Masters of Their Domain.</I><BR/><BR/>Going back to caterpillars and butterflies, one must first master being a caterpillar, then successfully get through the cocoon stage (however long it takes) before one can emerge and start to pump up the wings. And even that takes time. Patience is so important; I think one of the problems is, not only do we actively hinder the process in all the usual negative ways, we also hinder it by trying to <I>help</I> it along. But a caterpillar won't become a butterfly any faster by weaving its cocoon too early; doing so would probably result in an untimely death, or at best the discovery that it still has to wait. And then it gets the added bonus of being frustrated, thus missing out on all the good things about being a caterpillar.<BR/><BR/>Which all boils down to the cosmic importance of Slack, and brings me to wv's latest, a recommendation of Dos <I>Equis</I>, because if you're gonna Slack, you may as well have a beer and enjoy it :)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39012296637136017022009-03-24T10:46:00.000-07:002009-03-24T10:46:00.000-07:00"Rather, we would advise such saps and saplings to...<I>"Rather, we would advise such saps and saplings to stop running away from life and to get a real job, maintain a healthy marriage, be a good parent, etc. Bring Spirit down into that world, rather than escaping it into new age fantasies that elevate you above the people who actually make your comfy world possible."</I><BR/><BR/>As a denizen smack dab in the middle of Wilberworld, I can only say "Amen to that!" It's a lesson I'm still constantly trying to learn and it definitely means swimming against the tide, a lot of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79105458822395179722009-03-24T10:43:00.000-07:002009-03-24T10:43:00.000-07:00A bright light post today. If it was a sidetrack, ...A <I>bright light</I> post today. If it was a sidetrack, it was <I>about time</I>, without which the grand story* could make no sense. <BR/><BR/>*<I>Christ, however, is the very archetype of the simultaneous healing and preservation of this cleft, the very cleft that makes existence possible.</I><BR/><BR/>wv: <I>limboo</I>, the online transitional spacerobinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89780101621084325972009-03-24T09:48:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:48:00.000-07:00Beats me how that happened - the double post....ok...Beats me how that happened - the double post....ok, but since I'm posting again I will mention, this morn' at 8:22 I heard silent "you and me", that's why when I read Bob's teaching it instantly reminded me of Spirit Speaks.<BR/><BR/>Now, my use of the word "Serpent" is in same as Shakti-power....She, who looks like a silver bright Light during ascention towards the crown chakra. (there's more on that but I'm not goin' into it right now)<BR/><BR/>TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74243972743400628052009-03-24T09:32:00.001-07:002009-03-24T09:32:00.001-07:00All the world's a stage...(and) "... objects are r...All the world's a stage...(and) "... objects are real for the very reason that God eternally creates his own "Other i.e. the Logos..." - Balthasar.<BR/><BR/>Now, since wv sez in blue "coecra", I will share how I expressed that in 05' this verse titled, Spirit Speaks<BR/><BR/>We are Earth, Fire, Water and Air<BR/>We are many names and faces<BR/>Many loves and hatreds.<BR/> We are beggars, we are royal<BR/> We are Serpent the knowledge giver<BR/> We are blind we are wise<BR/> We are dark and light<BR/> We are....<BR/>Contorted past<BR/>Land churning<BR/>Sky watchful. . . .<BR/> Sublime beauty revealed<BR/> Spirit manifest<BR/> Exalted, mysterious<BR/> Forever more blessed be<BR/> Is it you and me?<BR/><BR/>TheofilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-92003850092540766182009-03-24T09:32:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:32:00.000-07:00All the world's a stage...(and) "... objects are r...All the world's a stage...(and) "... objects are real for the very reason that God eternally creates his own "Other i.e. the Logos..." - Balthasar.<BR/><BR/>Now, since wv sez in blue "coecra", I will share how I expressed that in 05' this verse titled, Spirit Speaks<BR/><BR/>We are Earth, Fire, Water and Air<BR/>We are many names and faces<BR/>Many loves and hatreds.<BR/> We are beggars, we are royal<BR/> We are Serpent the knowledge giver<BR/> We are blind we are wise<BR/> We are dark and light<BR/> We are....<BR/>Contorted past<BR/>Land churning<BR/>Sky watchful. . . .<BR/> Sublime beauty revealed<BR/> Spirit manifest<BR/> Exalted, mysterious<BR/> Forever more blessed be<BR/> Is it you and me?<BR/><BR/>TheofilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com