tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4861118508300651155..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: I Once Was Blind, But Now I SeeGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73262607167862483072009-02-09T07:24:00.000-08:002009-02-09T07:24:00.000-08:00"Is that done on purpose?"Yes, for your benefit."Is that done on purpose?"<BR/><BR/>Yes, for your benefit.David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84513631095471276942009-02-09T07:10:00.000-08:002009-02-09T07:10:00.000-08:00I think its safe to go against Augustine's intent....I think its safe to go against Augustine's intent. <BR/><BR/>Some things he had right, others he had very wrong.<BR/><BR/>Also, Zolt: I have a vocabulary sufficient to read your comment, but its wording makes it almost illegible.<BR/><BR/>Is that done on purpose?Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62603420774738548912009-02-09T03:56:00.000-08:002009-02-09T03:56:00.000-08:00Hmmmm.What (oh WHAT) could Julie possibly mean by ...Hmmmm.<BR/><BR/>What (oh <I>WHAT</I>) could Julie possibly mean by that?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(Thanks Zoltan! That suits my personality type!)walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33605373979262325722009-02-08T21:39:00.000-08:002009-02-08T21:39:00.000-08:00Zoltan, that could be dangerous advice...Zoltan, that could be dangerous advice...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79466925185487852852009-02-08T21:38:00.000-08:002009-02-08T21:38:00.000-08:00Walt, you are ready for Tolle's "The Power of Now"...Walt, you are ready for Tolle's "The Power of Now" or "Sialence Speaks."<BR/><BR/>Bob has panned Tolle but I think the B'ob missed the boat. These Tolle books can be extremely helpful.<BR/><BR/>As for the simple life: yes, if you can get it. Most can't. In fact, the most difficult feat of arms in the spiritual battle for Earth is to be peaceful in the face of external provocations.<BR/><BR/>Do that, and you have much done much more than if you had achieved peace via the simple life.<BR/><BR/>God wants us to confront chaos; it his His gift to you. Each thorny problem is a love tap from Him. <BR/><BR/>Any adverse person, place or thing can be used to become more peaceful, more centered, more silent,and more surrendered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52593060739233349052009-02-08T21:22:00.000-08:002009-02-08T21:22:00.000-08:00Bob, I regret occasioning concern.In composing the...Bob, I regret occasioning concern.<BR/><BR/>In composing the comment I was aware that you were not referencing Augustine deliberately, nor necessarily in approbation of the quote itself, whatever its source.<BR/><BR/>My purpose was of general principle, to highlight and observe the verisimilitude but actual disloyalty of the quote to Augustine's intent and archetypal verity.<BR/><BR/>Walt, a thought for remaining in the present: do what you want to do.David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88257247370828659242009-02-08T20:03:00.000-08:002009-02-08T20:03:00.000-08:00serr8d, long time no see.serr8d, long time no see.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86824263783030044372009-02-08T17:00:00.000-08:002009-02-08T17:00:00.000-08:00Serr8d-Welcome aboard! You got a nice lookin' blog...Serr8d-<BR/>Welcome aboard! You got a nice lookin' blog! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16792239754106289252009-02-08T14:46:00.000-08:002009-02-08T14:46:00.000-08:00Thanks, Bob!I love these rePeteys, and the Queeg t...Thanks, Bob!<BR/>I love these rePeteys, and the Queeg takedowns are fun to read. :^)<BR/>It's good to read the decent and classy (and rational) Klinghoffer (in contrast, to Queeg's shrill and paranoid tantrums which never address any significant points even on a horizontal level).USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87349677081731040242009-02-08T14:07:00.000-08:002009-02-08T14:07:00.000-08:00Good article, QP! Thanks!He said, "In our country,...Good article, QP! Thanks!<BR/><BR/>He said, <I>"In our country, stillness and reflection are not especially valued..."</I><BR/><BR/>Ha-ha, gee, d'ya think?walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11626074372001309972009-02-08T13:07:00.000-08:002009-02-08T13:07:00.000-08:00A comment here led me to your blog.I'll continue r...A <A HREF="http://proteinwisdom.com/pub/?p=2706" REL="nofollow">comment here</A> led me to your blog.<BR/><BR/>I'll continue reading it now.Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51848469539798020622009-02-08T13:04:00.000-08:002009-02-08T13:04:00.000-08:00Walt- How to allocate one's attention is a concern...Walt- How to allocate one's attention is a concern of mine as well, as was it of William James, who wrote “Wisdom is the art of knowing what to overlook”. This <A HREF="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/attentionlost.html" REL="nofollow">interview</A> of the author of <I>Distracted: The Erosion of Attention </I> caught my attention earlier today.<BR/><BR/>I need to allocate more attention to "executive" attention.QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827536245376441948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33697866444180709292009-02-08T11:41:00.000-08:002009-02-08T11:41:00.000-08:00Zoltan:I wasn't actually referencing Augustine. I ...Zoltan:<BR/><BR/>I wasn't actually referencing Augustine. I was quoting Petey. Where he got it, I believe I don't know, and I don't know if I'd believe him anyway.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53566964766197991772009-02-08T11:32:00.000-08:002009-02-08T11:32:00.000-08:00JWMTake a look at The Obama Aesthetic for other so...JWM<BR/>Take a look at <A HREF="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/the_obama_aesthetic.html" REL="nofollow">The Obama Aesthetic</A> for other sources ripped-off by de Berrasites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63240558804828437532009-02-08T11:27:00.000-08:002009-02-08T11:27:00.000-08:00I often wonder why it seems such a challenge to re...I often wonder why it seems such a challenge to remain in the present moment - or even if I can remain "in the vicinity," to have a clear sense of NOW, rather than the complete sense of being in passing-time.<BR/><BR/>What is the "attraction" of past and future, of memory (past) and imagination (future), that keeps us <I>there</I> rather than HERE, where we are (<I>obviously</I>, when we pay attention)?<BR/><BR/>C.S. Lewis wrote, "For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity." If that is so, then we gno <I>where to aim.</I><BR/><BR/>It seems like more than just habit, or culture. Personally, I link it to a deficit, a weakness of attention -- of centration, as the post says. Without that, everything proceeds willy-nilly, and we are "lived" by what stimulates us, by what comes our way.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Sunday post!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84111734405053268592009-02-08T11:20:00.000-08:002009-02-08T11:20:00.000-08:00"Truly, we believe in order that we may know."Not ..."Truly, we believe in order that we may know."<BR/><BR/>Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is a mis-representation of Augustine's famous observation, <I>credo ut intelligam</I>.<BR/><BR/>Augustine's obervation is a true one. This mis-representation of his is not.<BR/><BR/>Augustine meant to say, as usually translated in English, "I believe in order to understand." He did not mean to say I believe in order to know in the sense of gnosis, a complete participation of one in the being of the "other.<BR/><BR/>He was dealing in this instance with the mundane rubrics of understanding in the sense of intellection.<BR/><BR/>He was well aware of the difference between intellection and participation (agape or gnosis).<BR/><BR/>Had he meant gnosis, knowledge by participation, he would have used a form of scio or noero/noro instead of this form of intelligendo.<BR/><BR/>The difference is important and he picked his words carefully, as always.<BR/><BR/>He did not intend to say or say, "I believe in order to have knowledge, to know." He would not have made such a statement because it would not be a true statement.<BR/><BR/>Had he meant to remark the prius of knowledge in the sense of gnosis, he would have said something along the lines of, "I am saved by God in order that I may have knowledge of HIm, myself and my world."<BR/><BR/>The difference between intellection and agape participation is pronounced. Grasping the difference is one task of mental housekeeping that forestalls the collapse of religion into mere geometry.David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56262134108285875432009-02-08T09:27:00.000-08:002009-02-08T09:27:00.000-08:00Dougman: You have my sympathy, and empathy regardi...Dougman: You have my sympathy, and empathy regarding the domestic political rift. I've created my own sort of political lacunae to keep peace in the household. To put it plainer terms. I just don't go there. But it is difficult.<BR/><BR/>JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7241560950593587622009-02-08T09:17:00.000-08:002009-02-08T09:17:00.000-08:00"It follows that a simple life, free of needless d..."<I>It follows that a simple life, free of needless distractions, is best. I see it very much as creating stable boundary conditions so that something higher may emerge from the lower--</I>"<BR/><BR/>Not only a simple life but free of chaos.<BR/>I lead a very simple life,..correct that. I'm following as my wife leads our Family in a simple life overflowing with chaos and discord. <BR/>(She was also stricken with BDS and was in the tank for President Obama.)<BR/>As soon as I enter a state of inspiration i'm dragged back into her insanity. <BR/>But I would not have taken the road that has lead me here if it had not been for her birthing the Kids that her doctors said she would never have. Snared, I was.<BR/><BR/>I should feel glad though because the more resistance I face, the longer the journey.<BR/>Like chewing on a carmel as apposed to swallowing it whole.<BR/><BR/>Viva la resistance!<BR/><BR/>wv:rentgu<BR/>a used carmel ?! <I>Eeeewww</I>Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1787719384919574452009-02-08T08:24:00.000-08:002009-02-08T08:24:00.000-08:00Speaking of cave art, which placed a little transc...Speaking of cave art, which placed a little transcendant beauty in a dark and hidden place, we now have it's inverse, the un-makers' uglification of free and open places, which like all inverted leftspeak is called "street art". Well, remember that commie prop looking poster picture of the 0 with the "HOPE" thang? It seems the artist ripped off the image. Not only that, The cops just busted his worthless ass for -you guessed it-<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/18662913/detail.html" REL="nofollow">Tagging</A><BR/><BR/>JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.com