tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5762274167695104326..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Living on a Wound and a Prayer (11.03.11)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14305038125724698062008-10-27T07:52:00.000-07:002008-10-27T07:52:00.000-07:00Wounds leave scars, or even kill. Exercise makes t...Wounds leave scars, or even kill. Exercise makes tissue healthier. Fundamentally different things. I'd say the pains of love are <I>lot</I> more like exercise than injury... or you're not doing it right.<BR/><BR/>Surgery causes wounds, but the minimum necessary, and they keep working to minimize even those (e.g. arthroscopic surgery). A perfect surgeon wouldn't cut anything <I>but</I> diseased tissue. We don't have any perfect surgeons available, so we make do with what we have.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(Oh, and if you haven't heard by now, the woman appears to have admitted she faked the attack. One clue: the "B" was backward, as if it had been done in a mirror...)Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82755111753004074002008-10-24T07:06:00.000-07:002008-10-24T07:06:00.000-07:00Whether or not you like Pat B, he sure nails joe a...Whether or not you like Pat B, he sure nails <A HREF="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=29179" REL="nofollow">joe and the media</A> in this one.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7348018644986050042008-10-24T06:59:00.000-07:002008-10-24T06:59:00.000-07:00Aussie - Throw another shrimp on the barbie! God l...Aussie - Throw another shrimp on the barbie! God loves a good bbq.<BR/><BR/>Seriously - I like your OT style.<BR/><BR/>8^)NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74656913093372083212008-10-24T06:15:00.000-07:002008-10-24T06:15:00.000-07:00Anon,I would agree, I didn't mean to imply that Ob...Anon,<BR/><BR/>I would agree, I didn't mean to imply that Obama had sent this man to do that, nor that it was more typical of the left, none of that. I actually think McCain ordered this so that the right would be enraged and solidify around him. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>kidding!Niggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35640987153583391662008-10-24T00:03:00.000-07:002008-10-24T00:03:00.000-07:00"God save the man without a broken heart."Lev 2:9 ..."God save the man without a broken heart."<BR/><BR/>Lev 2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36914675840689587702008-10-23T21:27:00.000-07:002008-10-23T21:27:00.000-07:00There are wounds that heal,and there are wounds th...There are wounds that heal,<BR/>and there are <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter2:24;&version=72" REL="nofollow">wounds that heal</A>.<BR/><BR/>How's that for a "category error", Ray?NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6354842840243369562008-10-23T19:56:00.001-07:002008-10-23T19:56:00.001-07:00Carving up somebody's face is pretty disturbing. I...Carving up somebody's face is pretty disturbing. I would think that goes a little beyond the typical political violence and would say the man is just plain crazy. People keep going nuts, but it's still pretty uncommon and from both sides so I wouldn't necessarily point it to just politics invoking violence, but people who are already edgy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58911311548744064352008-10-23T19:56:00.000-07:002008-10-23T19:56:00.000-07:00The chorus and final verse from an amateurish song...The chorus and final verse from an amateurish song/poem I wrote... seems appropriate for this post...<BR/><BR/>My five wounds held me to the tree <BR/>The tree of knowledge not life <BR/>But I showed you how to be free <BR/>By living and dying truly <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>Now my five wounds are signs on the tree <BR/>That show you that we can all be free <BR/>By walking all as one to Calvary <BR/>By dying and living trulyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27041864196119378232008-10-23T19:07:00.000-07:002008-10-23T19:07:00.000-07:00Ironic that someone so unwounded by God can be so ...Ironic that someone so unwounded by God can be so damaged by it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48972716741396814302008-10-23T19:02:00.000-07:002008-10-23T19:02:00.000-07:00I usually try to give Ray the benefit of the doubt...I usually try to give Ray the benefit of the doubt -- that is, I assume he just has a pitifully inadequate sense of humor and is trying to be funny. However, in this case, I have to say -- with all due respect -- that is a contender for the stupidest thing anybody except Joe Biden has said this month.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7685361.stm" REL="nofollow">"Obama: McCain Will 'Endanger'"</A> might be dumber, but it's too close to call.<BR/><BR/>I have two very noticeable scars from old wounds on my torso. The smaller one nearly killed me. The larger one saved my life. As Julie pointed out, muscles only grow when they are "damaged".mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18087451452530557042008-10-23T18:12:00.000-07:002008-10-23T18:12:00.000-07:00Advance to 6:40.Advance to <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf0TLr0q9M4" REL="nofollow">6:40</A>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52940884908031483532008-10-23T17:02:00.000-07:002008-10-23T17:02:00.000-07:00Tazers don't work on raccoon? Better not tell Dupr...Tazers don't work on raccoon? Better not tell Dupree...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36644270977164053782008-10-23T16:52:00.000-07:002008-10-23T16:52:00.000-07:00Wounds? Did someone say wounds?<A HREF="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/17790324/detail.html?rss=atl&psp=news" REL="nofollow">Wounds?</A> Did someone say wounds?Niggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53632473594291928892008-10-23T16:43:00.000-07:002008-10-23T16:43:00.000-07:00Uh, don't mess with Texas?Uh, don't mess with <A HREF="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081023/D940D8900.html" REL="nofollow">Texas</A>?walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18717343067840202122008-10-23T16:19:00.000-07:002008-10-23T16:19:00.000-07:00Old Sufi schematic of spiritual progression:(1) Lo...Old Sufi schematic of spiritual progression:<BR/><BR/>(1) Lord, use me.<BR/><BR/>(2) Lord, use me, but don't break me.<BR/><BR/>(3) Lord, I don't care if you break me.<BR/><BR/>I think willingness to accept the spiritual wound is the clearest indication that one is a genuine pilgrim and not simply in thrall to New Agey narcissism. Or for that matter, an EZ pass-style Christianity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38922605590907978762008-10-23T14:10:00.000-07:002008-10-23T14:10:00.000-07:00A life without prayer is analogous to trying to br...A life without prayer is analogous to trying to breathe with a plastic bag over your head. Even if the bag is huge - say, so big you could live in it for quite a while, months or even years before you notice how stale the air is - you're pretty much just recycling the same stuff you breathed out: all the toxins your body can't handle, all the things which don't nourish you. Eventually, this might even provide a feeling of youphoria (but that's just your brain dying, nothing to be alarmed about). It doesn't change the fact that, trapped in your little self-contained membrane, the air is <I>stagnant</I>. The membrane must be <I>pierced</I> (preferably with extreme prejudice, but then again that tends to cause a rather abrupt shift in pressure, so prepare to hang on for a wild ride ;), in order to let in the freshness and nourishment required for healthy development.<BR/><BR/>Another way of looking at the wound is to consider being in love - complete with agonies sweet, sharp, aching, lingering... and it's utterly marvelous. For the true bond to be made, you must be pierced down past the bone, past the heart, all the way to your very soul. There's a reason people have layers upon layers of defense mechanisms built up - if the wrong entity sneaks in, it can wreak havoc at the deepest levels of our being. But we still need that O-pening, or we'll suffocate. Better the sweet agony of connection than the dry euphoria of stagnation.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79816812789288503382008-10-23T13:59:00.000-07:002008-10-23T13:59:00.000-07:00The wound - Love is a wound that keeps you stingin...The wound - Love is a wound that keeps you stinging for eternity. But it's the wound you love.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75236385193926435992008-10-23T13:58:00.000-07:002008-10-23T13:58:00.000-07:00By definition: Who made that definition? And shall...By definition: Who made that definition? And shall we keep it or do we look deeper? Or did the great Webster set down his pick, and alas: The language was carved.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10651842733355736282008-10-23T13:43:00.000-07:002008-10-23T13:43:00.000-07:00There is a reason why the blue states are blue: no...<I>There is a reason why the blue states are blue: no spiritual oxygen.</I><BR/><BR/>Better red than dead?<BR/><BR/>The <I>wound</I> discussion of Letter V is one of my most highlighted sections of MOTT, so practical in terms of how to see and who is seeing. When I look through a viewfinder and find that <I>it is like a nail from outside nailing my will</I>, I know I am at least somewhere in the vicinity of honest perception.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72762656559930432112008-10-23T10:46:00.000-07:002008-10-23T10:46:00.000-07:00"Sorrow, suffering, and loneliness are the great b..."Sorrow, suffering, and loneliness are the great builders of character. Man never becomes truly great until his heart is broken. That is the supreme test. Those who are deepened and broadened by their experiences rise triumphant from the ruins of their dreams and pass on to fuller destiny."<BR/><BR/>Manly P. Hall, The Way of the Lonely Onesgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44232236806227936102008-10-23T09:57:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:57:00.000-07:00A cross between a riddle and a koan: When is a wou...A cross between a riddle and a koan: When is a wound not a wound?<BR/><BR/>In a few minutes, I'll be off once again to a torture session of sorts, during which I'll voluntarily force my limbs into unnatural (for me) and painful positions, and cause a burning and aching in my muscles which indicates that, if I'm doing it right, the very tissues are actually tearing <I>just so</I>. But it is a sweet and most welcome agony, because it means that, by imposing my seemingly cruel will upon my reluctant flesh, I am making it stronger, more flexible, healthier, and more capable of dealing with whatever physical troubles may come along, and also doing my cognitive abilities a big favor. <BR/><BR/>Some things, some <I>wounds</I>, do indeed hurt so <I>good</I>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67439488359918062902008-10-23T09:07:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:07:00.000-07:00"...in order for there to be an interior, there ha...<I>"...in order for there to be an interior, there had to be an exterior with which to exchange matter, energy or information..."</I><BR/><BR/>Is the <I>necessity</I> of give-and-take -- an exchange between God and man -- discussed in Aurobindo's philosophy?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the word "wound" is not technically correct -- but it conveys something, if only by the imagery: immediacy, exposure, suffering, etc. To just say "opening" would convey none of that. I prefer my descriptions of Reality to have a little flair, to be on a par with my experience of it.<BR/><BR/>For example:<BR/><I>"...a human being is nothing other than a "lens" where the vertical "collides" with the horizontal in the most intense way..."</I> (GB)walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35844496191809141452008-10-23T08:51:00.000-07:002008-10-23T08:51:00.000-07:00You see? Never doubt Bob when he speaks of "spiri...You see? Never doubt Bob when he speaks of "spiritual autism."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23022605568353086092008-10-23T08:43:00.000-07:002008-10-23T08:43:00.000-07:00UF notes that our senses are "wounds," and painful...<I>UF notes that our senses are "wounds," and painful ones at that. Without them, the world cannot "penetrate" us, but sometimes the penetration can damage us.</I><BR/><BR/>Wounds are, by definition, always damaging. Senses aren't painful <I>unless</I> they are wounded. Poetically provocative, but if taken at all literally... a <I>really</I> disturbing category error. (How are other forms of 'penetration' conceptualized here? Brrrr...)Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.com