tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post54549408796945229..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Rewordgitating Thoughts & Other RefluxionsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7570252034138449622008-01-29T16:46:00.000-08:002008-01-29T16:46:00.000-08:00"Having said that, it would be a shame if the book..."Having said that, it would be a shame if the book disappeared into obscurity without reaching its intended audience. There is a certain type of person out there --somewhat difficult to describe, but you know who you are--for whom my book will be just the thing. (Note: there is now a name for these people Raccoons.)"<BR/><BR/>I cooncur!<BR/>What can I say about Bob's book that will do it justice?<BR/><BR/>You can read this book, or parts of it, time and time again, and each AND EACH AND EVERY YIME YOU'LL DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW ABOUT YOURSELF! And yoursoph!<BR/><BR/>I'm naught exaggeratin' here, this is my experience, and not just mine, but everyone who HONESTLY reads Bob's book!<BR/><BR/>Hey Ben! You sound like a shill!<BR/>O please! I get nothin' outta this. I'm just a witness. Take it for what you will.<BR/>But, if you're searchin' for somethin' more than the "same old, same old" and you believe that there really is no end to nous and gnosis, then this book is for you!<BR/><BR/>Who doesn't want to explore past the shallow boundaries we see so often?<BR/><BR/>Sure, some folks are happy with a shallow, one dimensional understanding of God. <BR/><BR/>Well, I'm not. And I'm not alone. Many Raccoons want more. The Good news is, there is more out there and in yourself!<BR/>One Cosmos Under God explores that "more" and, in fact, illustrates there is infinitely mOre!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39234686832511130662008-01-29T16:31:00.000-08:002008-01-29T16:31:00.000-08:00"Perhaps the central theme of both book and blog i..."Perhaps the central theme of both book and blog is that the frontiers of knowledge and understanding lay not in the further extension of various fields and subspecialties, but in the borderland between them."<BR/><BR/>And what, where and how is the borderline between them?<BR/>That is understanding and realization within that paradigm.<BR/><BR/>"Around 40,000 years ago, our patient, Homo sapiens, began splintering into its diverse groups, but underneath all of the bewildering diversity is a vertical unity that this blog will attempt to illuminate in various ways. For the key to growth is understanding ourselves, both individually and collectively. Without it, we remain a child forever."<BR/><BR/>And therein lies one of the many keys: understanding ourselves. I mean, really understanding ourselves as objectively and subjectively as possible, which is, by it's very nature, limitless.<BR/>That is the appeal of metaphysics.<BR/>The meat if you will.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26733618134638585522008-01-29T16:21:00.000-08:002008-01-29T16:21:00.000-08:00"Spirituality is also located on the vertical plan..."Spirituality is also located on the vertical plane, both very low (as in jihad or human sacrifice) and high (such as genuine mysticism)."<BR/><BR/>And that is what draws Raccoons from every corner of the globe. Mysticism. The Great Mystery. <BR/>Many have questions, some have answers, but, what is the best questyons? <BR/><BR/>Only when we realize that do we get the best answers. <BR/><BR/>And even so, those are subject to further rewordgitating and second, third, and home thoughts.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46888312265686758542008-01-29T16:15:00.000-08:002008-01-29T16:15:00.000-08:00ygqezThanks Nomo!I can use all the synonyms I can ...ygqezThanks Nomo!<BR/>I can use all the synonyms I can get! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15661423124923009742008-01-29T15:50:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:50:00.000-08:00ardency, ardor, avidity, conviction, dash, devotio...ardency, ardor, avidity, conviction, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, enthusiasm, exhilaration, feeling, fervor, fieriness, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, gaiety, glow, heat, hilarity, impetuosity, intensity, joyfulness, keenness, mirth, oomph, passion, pep, rapture, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zealousness, zest...<BR/><BR/>Just listing synonyms for "Ben".NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5037851595771883932008-01-29T15:39:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:39:00.000-08:00Let me just add: Gecko who tirelessly posts excell...Let me just add: Gecko who tirelessly posts excellent Military social and political issues, Debass, our metaphysical logger, and Nomo, who specializes in scripture and humor!<BR/><BR/>Damn! I'm sure I forgot way too many Raccoons, and I'm truly sorry! <BR/>There's so many it's hard to keep track,USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54620281533834510302008-01-29T15:33:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:33:00.000-08:00I wanna extrapolate the "theme" of what Bob is tal...I wanna extrapolate the "theme" of what Bob is talkin' about.<BR/><BR/>That is what every Raccoon strives for.<BR/>The Theme. The Story (my bag), the Song (Robin and River), the Painting (Julie), the Zen n' TaO (Walt), the Nous (Van), The POet (Will and Rick), <BR/>the cOOking n' hOme cosmOlogy (Mizz E), (Military Heroes n' a journey to Catholicism (Leslie), and our innernatiOnal Coons (Johan the cosmic Swede, and Magnus the cosmic Norwegian),<BR/>the childrearin' specialist )Bob, the other Bob), and the CathOlic Monk (Brother Bartleby), and all the Coons that don't have blogs, but do have insight all would do well to heed:<BR/>Will...'nuff said! JWM, he is a Witness! Lisa, she gives a unique Jewish perspective we can all learn from! Dilys, Gumshoe,Jimmy J., Smoov, Ximeze, Alan, Maineman, Cosonostrodamus and O! So many others that coontribute so much gnosis and nous! <BR/><BR/>And all of the above mentioned Raccoons, as well as many I have not mentioned that make a rare appearance, help bring the Theme to this Outstanding blog! <BR/><BR/>And none of these Racoons are limited to what I labelled them as. All (other than me) can traverse various ways to highlight the Theme, with Haiku's, wonderful photos, stories, poems, etc.. <BR/>They are versatile, to say the least!<BR/><BR/>If you want the full effect of the Theme, I recOmmend you heed the cOmments and blOgs of these Raccons and those I may have forgot to mention (my apologies).<BR/><BR/>Yes! It's that important!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71374376482474309332008-01-29T15:04:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:04:00.000-08:00"However, as in a great novel or film, the "horizo..."However, as in a great novel or film, the "horizontal" plot is merely a device to express the artist's greater intention (the theme), which can only be found in a vertical realm, by standing "above" the plot."<BR/><BR/>Bob! Precisely! That...just...clicks!<BR/>In Synch (not related to the band: n' synch).<BR/>In the zOne. <BR/>HarmOny. Freequency. The timeless(ness) quality of the Good, True and Beautiful (hey, I'm hyped here! Behold! All things are made gnew!)!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14714013182311450952008-01-29T14:39:00.000-08:002008-01-29T14:39:00.000-08:00"For surely, there are already far too many books ..."For surely, there are already far too many books and blogs, with no way any human being could ever assimilate the information contained therein."<BR/><BR/>Yes, indeed, but there is only one uniquely unique One Cosmos!<BR/>Ain't even nothin' close!<BR/>And I'm not takin' it for granted, Bob, although I will continue to find humor where I can. <BR/>That's like a Commandment or somethin'.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79381019246304398792008-01-29T14:34:00.000-08:002008-01-29T14:34:00.000-08:00"Let's just say that if you take communion, don't ..."Let's just say that if you take communion, don't forget to chew, or you'll never be swallowed by God."<BR/><BR/>And I wanna make a point to chew this time around. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59483813306358848732008-01-29T14:31:00.000-08:002008-01-29T14:31:00.000-08:00"Another unappreciated problem is that of too rapi..."Another unappreciated problem is that of too rapid understanding, which is no understanding at all."<BR/><BR/>Which is why I spend so much time on your posts (and reposts) and book. <BR/> look at some of my comments a year or two ago and it's obvious, as it is obvious now, I'm just BEGINNING to grok your posts.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66280662327296050382008-01-29T14:22:00.000-08:002008-01-29T14:22:00.000-08:00Ximeze-LOL! Well said! :^)Ximeze-<BR/>LOL! Well said! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19459653023745518722008-01-29T14:00:00.000-08:002008-01-29T14:00:00.000-08:00Bob said:"It's as if reaching a deep part of you s...Bob said:<BR/>"It's as if reaching a deep part of you simultaneously reaches a deep part of me, and the one isn't possible without the other."<BR/><BR/>Yet another version of As Above So Below & the I/eye with which we see O, O sees us.<BR/>Vertical spheres are soooooo kewl.<BR/><BR/>Keep telling myself that Bob's bringing to the fore 'frolicking mind parasites released by yesterday's news' is good for me.<BR/><BR/>BastardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47437978759142669732008-01-29T13:45:00.000-08:002008-01-29T13:45:00.000-08:00Robin Starfish said... "Since I missed out on a g...Robin Starfish said... "Since I missed out on a good number of the early posts the first time around, it's like climbing the mountain for the first time. Base camp never looked so good."<BR/><BR/>Good point, Rob. Can I call you that? [jk ...just being theatrical. I won't do it again. :) ] I guess I was thinking of your statement as new comment/discuss-opp's, having missed them. And commenting now on the backlog would be 'so passe'... [I'm kinda being silly!] I tried commenting recently (ie when I first found this blog in Dec.) on a few from back then and realized it was like calling out from the back of a dark, wet cave where the echoes would eventually just get lost in a swim of temporal air. "Anyone here? Heeelllllooooooooooo. Nope. Only some gum wrappers and tennis shoes. " So I took to wandering through by myself, with a notebook and an L.E.D. light to scrawl better. <BR/><BR/>Nice haiku btw!!!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63524251286442335652008-01-29T12:20:00.000-08:002008-01-29T12:20:00.000-08:00"Gagdad Bob tries to challenge himself to see humo..."Gagdad Bob tries to challenge himself to see humor in the most dire or disgusting news of the day. He has adopted the philosophy that we should spend less time being frightened of Islamists and more time mocking and ridiculing them -- "joking them out of their holes," so to speak."<BR/><BR/>And those are some mighty big holes!<BR/>Man! I really missed you Bob!<BR/>What do you mean it's only been one day?<BR/>Do you have any idea how long a day can be? :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84324823954806183212008-01-29T12:15:00.000-08:002008-01-29T12:15:00.000-08:00Greybeard will be pleased -- as am I!Greybeard will be pleased -- as am I!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44595568589694898482008-01-29T12:07:00.000-08:002008-01-29T12:07:00.000-08:00Since I missed out on a good number of the early p...Since I missed out on a good number of the early posts the first time around, it's like climbing the mountain for the first time. Base camp never looked so good.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://robinstarfish.blogspot.com/2008/01/original-skin.html" REL="nofollow">Original Skin</A><BR/>breathless explorers<BR/>carefully approach the rim<BR/>language packed in icerobinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34501654664508922952008-01-29T11:08:00.000-08:002008-01-29T11:08:00.000-08:00Thus was born the blog that has literally changed ...Thus was born the blog that has literally changed lives. Changed mine anyhow. Very much for the better.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42042216948535621202008-01-29T10:42:00.000-08:002008-01-29T10:42:00.000-08:00Its true. Many "leftovers" are better the 2nd, 3r...Its true. Many "leftovers" are better the 2nd, 3rd, etc. time around - something about the seasonings and passing of time. Take lasagna for instance (layers influencing layers...). Then you add a little extra spice here and there and maybe some crunch around the edges ... oh, I just realized its lunch time.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86137193469121367082008-01-29T10:31:00.000-08:002008-01-29T10:31:00.000-08:00This is what I would call a "second helping". Lite...This is what I would call a "second helping". Literally.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61130283695146811082008-01-29T09:47:00.000-08:002008-01-29T09:47:00.000-08:00Breathing through the frolicking mind parasites re...Breathing through the frolicking mind parasites released by yesterday's news of the organizing of OC's closets. Whew, I'm exhaling too.Geckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150958111957262924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59922380524214813302008-01-29T09:27:00.000-08:002008-01-29T09:27:00.000-08:00Whew, I'm just exhailing... I didn't comment yest...Whew, I'm just exhailing... I didn't comment yesterday, because I really wanted to find a way to believe the better self... "you know Gagdad doesn't owe you near daily inpiration. He may feel the spirit moving in other directions." And then I was talking to myself about building self as a "do it yourself" and not leaning too hard, yadda, yadda. I never quite convinced myself. So glad to see the long missing Arkives coming round again. Hope it doesn't become like werk! Coons, Racoons, and Ringtailed creatures we all rejoyce!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82545198497789424802008-01-29T09:01:00.000-08:002008-01-29T09:01:00.000-08:00The ReFresher course -Tastier the second time! (Wi...The ReFresher course -<BR/>Tastier the second time! <BR/>(With added Perspective)<BR/><BR/>(okay, it's not a haiku, but "Added Perspective" just didn't look right all by itself)<BR/><BR/>If I didn't sound too bummed yesterday, it was only because I figured that this was what you'd be doing (as opposed to riding off into the sunset). Even the OC needs to undergo the occasional Spring Cleaning, after all.<BR/><BR/>One thing I did want to say, though, is thanks not only for the impact you've made, but for introducing me to the extended Family I never knew I had.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com