tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6487979542347273478..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Left Brain, Right Brain, Transcendent BrainGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54145174423118955632008-11-16T17:27:00.000-08:002008-11-16T17:27:00.000-08:00Jim,What part of Humboldt are you in? Didn't know ...Jim,<BR/><BR/>What part of Humboldt are you in? Didn't know any raccoons were up here. I'm playing some blues and rock at the Blue Lake Casino this Friday. Stop by if you can. It would be fun to actually meet another raccoon. I play bass.debasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546940741042023260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33787475234793057172008-11-16T09:19:00.000-08:002008-11-16T09:19:00.000-08:00Anonymous said "East St Louis to be exact. Ce...Anonymous said "East St Louis to be exact. Centerdness Central. ;*)"<BR/><BR/>Centeredness is not a suicide pact. Go west, ol' man, go west(past either city & into the Counties).Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20988372674267829472008-11-16T00:30:00.000-08:002008-11-16T00:30:00.000-08:00Van said,"If you want centeredness, then that puts...Van said,<BR/><BR/>"If you want centeredness, then that puts you smack dab in the St. Louis area."<BR/><BR/>East St Louis to be exact. Centerdness Central. ;*)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70403335003216020692008-11-15T21:41:00.000-08:002008-11-15T21:41:00.000-08:00Guenon was a kook period. His counter-initiation s...Guenon was a kook period. His counter-initiation stuff started out not sounding particularly crazy, but when he started putting these spiritual agents into human bodies...well, he could have been at home around Ron Paul's tinfoil hat internet crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37886670384775004662008-11-15T18:46:00.000-08:002008-11-15T18:46:00.000-08:00Theodore Dalrymple live and uncensored, in five pa...<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juMcFyJeJrw" REL="nofollow">Theodore Dalrymple</A> live and uncensored, in five parts.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34578285251875668692008-11-15T16:36:00.000-08:002008-11-15T16:36:00.000-08:00Or there's always beautiful Arizona. Speaking as s...Or there's always beautiful Arizona. Speaking as someone who's lived in the Northwest, the Northeast and California, Arizona is my favorite place. The cost of living is decent, and there's a nice mix of urban and rural. You already know what the heat is like, so that wouldn't be much of a change. We have very few natural disasters - no earthquakes or tornadoes and fires are rare (unless you live up north). And it's a fairly red state. And we have mountains - petite, but definitely not just glorified hills.<BR/><BR/>Of course, having said that I also wouldn't mind migrating up toward Idaho or Montana some day, but I think it'll be a while before that's an option for us.<BR/><BR/>Re. today's post, I thought it tied in nicely with the MOTT series as well.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7224188888347340182008-11-15T16:07:00.000-08:002008-11-15T16:07:00.000-08:00Sure Van: deer, raccoons ... and Rams.I can take n...Sure Van: deer, raccoons ... and Rams.<BR/><BR/>I can take note of these things, being late of the SF Bay Area. We'll see <I>tomorrow</I> which team is the worst!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48759899201209664042008-11-15T15:59:00.000-08:002008-11-15T15:59:00.000-08:00NoCal? Ore? Idaho(rolling on the ground like a bak...NoCal? Ore? Idaho(<I>rolling on the ground like a baked po-tay-toe</I>)? Please.<BR/>Left? Right? Top? Bottom? Or centered synthesis?<BR/>If you want centeredness, then that puts you smack dab in the St. Louis area.<BR/>Fire Ins money'll buy twice the house PLUS a finished basement.<BR/>What more could you ask for? Aside from beaches... and mountains...geez I miss mountains. Got lots of deer in the raccoons & backyard though.<BR/><BR/>You'll have to supply your own mountains.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9089537700980593432008-11-15T15:40:00.000-08:002008-11-15T15:40:00.000-08:00How many here suffer from loneliness? Even in the...How many here suffer from loneliness? Even in the midst of other people? Even if one is married? <BR/><BR/>It's a kind of pain. I call loneliness "social pain," analogous to physical pain in the body. It is the experience of feeling not connected enough. <BR/><BR/>When I turn to God, about 60-70% of the pain is effaced, but I seem to require people to hit the last 30-40% of the discomfort.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I'll go get a massage even when I don't need one, just to be touched and to hopefully talk to the masseuse a little bit. Sometimes they are not in too much of a hurry to yak about this and that.<BR/><BR/>Or I'll get a haircut; same thing.<BR/><BR/> On the other hand, sometimes my SO smothers me and I feel like I need time alone; I have trouble telling her this, as it may hurt her feelings. <BR/><BR/>Family gatherings can be a trial. After abut one hour, I've had enough and I'll want to be alone in my apartment.<BR/><BR/>Then, 24 hours later, I'm lonely and I'm back at the masseuse's office. I can't win. <BR/><BR/>Any one else have trouble getting the right mix of company and solitude? Is this related to right brain and left brain integration?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8299351794111736302008-11-15T15:38:00.000-08:002008-11-15T15:38:00.000-08:00I have just discovered your blog, via a comment on...I have just discovered your blog, via a comment on Kyle-Anne Shiver's.<BR/><BR/>I am charmed. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>You cannot be unaware that you are re-language-ing, eugenically IMO, the likes of Parmenides and Tillich, especially Tillich.<BR/><BR/>The genius of Teilhard comes through strongly, in the tonal drive for sublimated teleological fulfillment as liberation and light.<BR/><BR/>The creative expressive development, the symbol creation, is brilliant and effective. Some of it roots and flourishes.<BR/><BR/>I am in a position to appreciate these matters and express my admiration for what is going on here.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.David R. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416692639208634879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9793585716194289982008-11-15T15:29:00.000-08:002008-11-15T15:29:00.000-08:00Yea, come to think of it Humboldt is a bright blue...Yea, come to think of it Humboldt is a bright blue, perhaps I to will burn down house and start to wander in direction of redder pastures.<BR/><BR/>Where did I put that box of matches?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202441664961886198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82557155259962732272008-11-15T14:12:00.000-08:002008-11-15T14:12:00.000-08:00Here's a red/blue thingy for ya:Coping with advers...Here's a red/blue thingy for ya:<BR/><BR/>Coping with adversity<BR/><BR/>How people cope with disappointment says a lot about them. In 2004, psychologists reported an influx of patients distraught that their candidate John Kerry, had lost. Some called it Post Election Stress and Trauma Syndrome. <BR/><BR/>Four years later, those who are disappointed in the results of the recent election seem to have reacted quite differently. According to several sources, they are flooding gun dealers. <BR/><BR/>With many people deciding to go ahead and purchase the gun they always wanted while they still can, this may be an interesting Christmas shopping season. <BR/><BR/>tw/ATAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50873844316647631612008-11-15T13:46:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:46:00.000-08:00Oops - I forgot about the red/blue thingy. Perhaps...Oops - I forgot about the red/blue thingy. Perhaps you should <I>scratch</I> Oregon from the list. I will just burn my house down and become a wandering sadhu ... in the direction of Idaho: where Raccoons abound!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43779489289826319492008-11-15T13:43:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:43:00.000-08:00Were you the first Raccoon your mother trapped?Were you the first Raccoon your mother trapped?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78353573320422038192008-11-15T13:39:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:39:00.000-08:00Idaho's the reddest state, don't forget, and lots ...Idaho's the reddest state, don't forget, and lots of open space. You could sell, er, burn your house in Orange County and buy 4 up here for the same price.<BR/><BR/>Like half the population here did over the past 5 years.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, <I>lots</I> of raccoons. 19 trapped this year up at my mom's house. 24 last year. They get relocated to, heh heh, blue neighborhoods to continue their mischief, er, God's work.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30753227592841371042008-11-15T13:38:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:38:00.000-08:00NoCal or Oregon - what, you aren't enough of a min...NoCal or Oregon - what, you aren't enough of a minority where you are?<BR/><BR/>Btw, the smoke looks like a huge mushroom cloud from southern OC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27726098043557897872008-11-15T13:24:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:24:00.000-08:00Wait for the house to burn down, collect insurance...Wait for the house to burn down, collect insurance money, and move to NoCal or Oregon.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a plan.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25371525209197977112008-11-15T13:10:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:10:00.000-08:00Screw Humboldt -- move further north to Oregon, an...Screw Humboldt -- move further north to Oregon, and I'll sell you my house. Rains a lot here too. (Full disclosure: there's a porcupine that lives in the yard.)walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21683011798670792582008-11-15T12:56:00.000-08:002008-11-15T12:56:00.000-08:00BobGet out of there and move north to Humboldt, I'...Bob<BR/><BR/>Get out of there and move north to Humboldt, I'll find you a great home. Rains a lot here so we don't have many fires.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202441664961886198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88713368283044667892008-11-15T12:25:00.000-08:002008-11-15T12:25:00.000-08:00Why do you say that? I want a new house.Why do you say that? I want a new house.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78243296874439777012008-11-15T12:02:00.000-08:002008-11-15T12:02:00.000-08:00Just saw the fire on tv - looks bad. Hope you're i...Just saw the fire on tv - looks <I>bad</I>. Hope you're in a fire-safe neighborhood, Bob.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82936076553021491512008-11-15T10:26:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:26:00.000-08:00Since a mobile home went up in flames, I guess you...Since a mobile home went up in flames, I guess you could call it trailer ash...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89071661406819372842008-11-15T10:24:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:24:00.000-08:00I like that. The O, the three, the cross, all fro...I like that. The O, the three, the cross, all from the perspective of the timeless cosmic center... It just goes to show you that it's still possible to innovate an icon. <BR/><BR/>BTW, very eery around here today. The fires are about 12-15 miles away, so it's snowing white ash outside....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30899660951070188542008-11-15T09:57:00.000-08:002008-11-15T09:57:00.000-08:00I referenced this Dali painting yesterday over at ...I referenced this <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_St._John_of_the_Cross" REL="nofollow">Dali painting</A> yesterday over at Walt's. It was a big waker-upper to me back when. Powerfully triangulates transcendence, IMHO.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4681988024609062322008-11-15T09:48:00.000-08:002008-11-15T09:48:00.000-08:00They actually sent me an email asking for my input...They actually sent me an email asking for my input. I can't even imagine dealing with an organization featuring the likes of Karen Armstrong and Tariq Ramadan. What a sick joke.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com