tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6505065564306824128..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Aggravated Cosmic HumanismGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31287464589166142442012-06-07T11:00:54.651-07:002012-06-07T11:00:54.651-07:00"Again, what makes man different is that he i..."Again, what makes man different is that he is astonishingly fit for the cosmos -- not just the earth, and certainly not just some highly restricted Darwinian niche. "<br /><br />It's amazing how fit we find ourselves to be, when we first make ourselves aware of where we are & how we should behave there.<br /><br />Ya know, I heard another holier than thou & oh-so wise guru (you know he's holy, holier & wise, because of the slow, quiet passive aggressive speech and the patronizing smirk on his face), talking about how imperfect and 'gross' our mere bodies are... not to mention the world itself, and how sad it is that our bodies keep us in misery and unable to reach 'nirvana'. And of course that he can help us all leap over those limitations by leaping over experience and mimicing his every move (for a fee).<br /><br />Most people really seem to like these & nod at these types (which maybe oughta be a clue), but I wonder if any of them have ever thought to consider the possibility that they have things exactly backwards. <br /><br />Is it possible that maybe it isn't so much a problem of the body holding us back from the TROOTH, as maybe the body affords each of us just the right amount of protection from the Truth that each of us requires, in order to be able to funciton?<br /><br />When you are confronted by a psychic/spiritual pain, say being betrayed by someone, or worse, your actions which amounted to betraying another, your body affords you the ability to <i>express</i> that pain by doing something like punching a wall, etc, transforming that searing internal pain into a manageable physical pain that can be dealt with and/or put off until YOU have developed to the point of being able to properly learn from, confront & face such situations more effectively in the future.<br /><br />Calling the physical body 'crude', a barrier to perfection... sounds a bit like a newbie student declaring that the basic information and principles the professor is trying to teach them, are 'stupid! Just tell us what we need to get things done!'.<br /><br />Like the real master says when the student finally stops him from overfilling his tea cup, "Likewise, you must empty yourself of so much that you know, which just isn't so, before you can be filled with what is True."<br /><br />Anytime you think you know the answers before you've even considered the questions, you really ought to at least question those who tell you that you are right.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18177016264115106582012-06-06T18:55:31.993-07:002012-06-06T18:55:31.993-07:00I love the way you describe our cosmos. I wish mor...I love the way you describe our cosmos. I wish more people understood God to be transcendent and absolute, especially when it comes to matters of time and creation. This is why one of the best prayers is to ank Him to renew our minds, so bogged down by lies and sloth. Thank you.CheyTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457905130721153074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41165832258149921212012-06-05T20:14:43.562-07:002012-06-05T20:14:43.562-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81979070427949169132012-06-05T20:13:42.764-07:002012-06-05T20:13:42.764-07:00"Some people prefer a womb of rationalism or ..."Some people prefer a womb of rationalism or positivism or scientism or Marxism to the great wide open."<br /><br />A wonderful metaphor that embodies the protected and closed thinking of those spiritless "isms".EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89322370079111181282012-06-05T19:10:54.424-07:002012-06-05T19:10:54.424-07:00I like Lindley and associate him with the also gre...I like Lindley and associate him with the also great Ry Cooder -- one of my long-time favorites.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63455514796436193302012-06-05T15:54:09.678-07:002012-06-05T15:54:09.678-07:00great rather unsung Brit singer
a fellow scorpio,...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUnDtRAcXL0" rel="nofollow">great rather unsung Brit singer</a> <br />a fellow scorpio,GB...<br /><br />made much music w/ another under-sung US great David Lindley<br />ie:<br />Terry's album RIVER makes for great summer listeninggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82977337676677864772012-06-05T11:53:14.000-07:002012-06-05T11:53:14.000-07:00From Father Stephen -- The True Self and the Story...<a href="http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-true-self-and-the-story-of-me/" rel="nofollow">From Father Stephen -- The True Self and the Story of Me</a>. I sense a convergence in the Force.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18741118088406166092012-06-05T10:32:51.532-07:002012-06-05T10:32:51.532-07:00This doesn't mean there aren't better and ...<i>This doesn't mean there aren't better and worse descriptions, because here again, just as in science, there must be more and less comprehensive and complete models of the natural world.</i><br /><br />I agree. Though it is often misunderstood, the Bible also says as much. As Lewis pointed out, the reflections -- one might even say the refractions -- of Christ in pre-Incarnation myths and legends serve only to make the Revelation clearer when one sees the True Image. <br /><br />Amen, Rick. Answers are withheld for the worthy and for their seasons.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62374852006963740122012-06-05T09:20:44.555-07:002012-06-05T09:20:44.555-07:00No less is science a revealed religion.
Otherwize,...No less is science a revealed religion.<br />Otherwize, why all the faith in the "yet to be discovered" by the scientists?<br />Heck, it's almost as if the answers are withheld for the worthy.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6975017142272735842012-06-05T08:49:25.445-07:002012-06-05T08:49:25.445-07:00"So you're not alone in feeling very unli..."So you're not alone in feeling very unlike your closest relations. All Raccoons feel this way."<br /><br />Boy, you said it. The family get-togethers sometimes make me contemplate how the apple can be tossed so far from the tree.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.com