tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6719592666425914780..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Your Father Says You're Grounded For Eternity!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15583259766952521432007-07-30T02:36:00.000-07:002007-07-30T02:36:00.000-07:00Don't worry, the raccoons will take up the slack.I...Don't worry, the raccoons will take up the slack.<BR/><BR/>In fact, a good number have taken up slacking already.<BR/><BR/>wv:sznznflMagnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85239288099890099252007-07-29T22:32:00.000-07:002007-07-29T22:32:00.000-07:00This is it...Bob has taken the weekend off. What'...This is it...Bob has taken the weekend off. What's next? Posts every other weekday? Every tuesday and thursday, say? Then once a week? Then once a month? Then...?<BR/><BR/>I'm not happy about this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64181311711827023722007-07-29T21:17:00.000-07:002007-07-29T21:17:00.000-07:00Jeez, Bob. Taking a whole day off? What do we pay...Jeez, Bob. Taking a whole day off? What do we pay you for anyway? .... Oh, uh, nevermind.<BR/><BR/>wv: azbwsmim (when you're not around, wv thinks it can get away with anything)NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33178531070920195052007-07-29T14:11:00.000-07:002007-07-29T14:11:00.000-07:00Me too, Van. I am really impressed. Hope he has ...Me too, Van. I am really impressed. Hope he has taken FL to the beach. I'm betting that he can do it, but the day is young.Geckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150958111957262924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75391360310021018722007-07-29T10:07:00.000-07:002007-07-29T10:07:00.000-07:00What may be even (slightly) more impressive than w...What may be even (slightly) more impressive than writing depthful (well... it <I>should</I> be a word) daily essays for two years running, is the fact that you finally managed to take the weekend off (comments don't count)!<BR/><BR/>Had me worried there with the 'continue tomorrow', but you did it!<BR/><BR/>Hope you slacked it to the hilt.<BR/><BR/>And to aninnymouse, as USS Ben noted, you may want to call Gagdad a smartass, but that is far better than being dumb all over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67452863414775546502007-07-28T17:14:00.000-07:002007-07-28T17:14:00.000-07:00Whew! I thought I was all alone in here!Whew! I thought I was all alone in here!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66009103983880450272007-07-28T16:47:00.000-07:002007-07-28T16:47:00.000-07:00And so I come to O, my love, my heart above my hea...And so I come to O, my love, my heart above my head.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-960441959837688422007-07-28T16:23:00.000-07:002007-07-28T16:23:00.000-07:00Anon-You certainly have personal expertise in fool...Anon-<BR/>You certainly have personal expertise in foolery.<BR/>So, are you a slow fool then?USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7963118767928420212007-07-28T16:10:00.000-07:002007-07-28T16:10:00.000-07:00You are far more clever than you are intelligent, ...You are far more clever than you are intelligent, and far too delighted with yourself. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30650481560737534662007-07-28T07:59:00.000-07:002007-07-28T07:59:00.000-07:00Magnus - "practical things", same here.Magnus - "practical things", same here.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57911435761677226282007-07-28T02:09:00.000-07:002007-07-28T02:09:00.000-07:00yykI am somewhat wary of the theory that matter wa...yykI am somewhat wary of the theory that matter was imbued with inwardness from the outset, rather than requiring a separate divine intervention to add each new layer of godlikeness.<BR/><BR/>In a way it is kinda obvious that there is always a divine presence in the visible world. As the Bible expresses it, the creation is carried or upheld by the word. Without Him nothing would exist of all that exists.<BR/><BR/>In other words (and I think something like that was in the Coonifesto too), God did not just "imbue" the universe with all it needed at the Big Bang - God is always Banging away. (Actually Jesus pretty much said so when he talked about his work and the Sabbath.)<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I strongly oppose the idea of pantheism, that God is kind of synonymous with or trapped within the universe. <BR/><BR/>It seems people call this pan-entheism: God is always present in the universe, but also always timeless outside it. I thought that was kind of obvious, at least to Christians. But I don't have any divine messages about these things, because it is not what God talks to me about. Mostly we converse about far more practical things. ^_^Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13327889255795642902007-07-27T19:30:00.000-07:002007-07-27T19:30:00.000-07:00Walt - If the things you believe are truly alive, ...Walt - If the things you believe are truly alive, you will be "alive" to them. The question is always, how does this "aliveness" manifest itself? The answer is necessarily subtle and unexpected. "In the world but not of the world" unveils itself only gradually over time. All at once would be too much to bear. At least that's my experience.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18329218753610141012007-07-27T16:47:00.000-07:002007-07-27T16:47:00.000-07:00In order to better understand the post, I'll often...In order to better understand the post, I'll often extract what seem to be key ideas from it, and look at them separately. For instance, these are some that I extracted and edited into phrases, today:<BR/><BR/>"...the dynamic reciprocity of the 'flowing forth' of all things...and the 'flowing back'...<BR/><BR/>...this eternally circular flow is what I was attempting to convey... <BR/><BR/>...subjectivity...the universe evolves from the outer to the inner. Then from that which is innermost, rarest, and latest we turn back to that which is first of all... <BR/><BR/>...inwardness -- which no material evidence by itself allows us to surmise, of whose actual presence no physical model offers the slightest hint.<BR/><BR/>...we must grant to matter... the possibility of eventual inwardness..."<BR/><BR/>Now, I follow those ideas, and thanks to following OC for nearly a year, can say that they "ring true," and/or "make sense."<BR/><BR/>But I also know that they run counter to the "conventional" sense of Reality that is expressed by most folks, by most of what I read in the culture, and encounter daily. And most of the time, <I>I take that "consensus" for granted,</I> just like my peers.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what it would be like to be actually "alive" to the things I really believe?walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38395977692181695192007-07-27T14:40:00.000-07:002007-07-27T14:40:00.000-07:00You can have mine if you like. There's like 99% of...You can have mine if you like. There's like 99% of it that's never been used and the 1% that's in play just blabbers nonsense like a pull-string doll. I would think that part could be disabled easily enough.<BR/><BR/>Fed-Ex ok?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90021277594037854432007-07-27T13:45:00.000-07:002007-07-27T13:45:00.000-07:00“Time MAY not exist”? No, time DOES not exist. The...“Time MAY not exist”? No, time DOES not exist. There is only CHANGE (all of creation) and CHANGELESSNESS (the Creator). “Time” is the attempt of consciousness to structure, measure, record, etc., change. The changeless One sees all change simultaneously from His Lazyboy.<BR/><BR/>Cosa – I think you broke my brain. You owe me a new brain, dude.<BR/><BR/>wv: hqwydwca (see?)NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47855246141594893452007-07-27T12:37:00.000-07:002007-07-27T12:37:00.000-07:00"As far as we know, information is something that ...<I>"As far as we know, information is something that must be "stored" in a differentiated and stable physical substrate, but the Big Bang had no time to store anything and no place to store it, since time and matter didn't exist".</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jun/in-no-time" REL="nofollow">Newsflash: Time May Not Exist</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75120480514607450582007-07-27T09:26:00.000-07:002007-07-27T09:26:00.000-07:00Walt scopes the same territory today, from another...<A HREF="http://frothfromwalt.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Walt</A> scopes the same territory today, from another peak. What he said.<BR/><BR/>Another day in Synchroni City.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://robinstarfish.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Zero Containment</A><BR/>restless white rabbit<BR/>carrots uprooted and torn<BR/>god in god's gardenrobinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3973329219823337322007-07-27T09:24:00.000-07:002007-07-27T09:24:00.000-07:00You hear about that cat that can predict a person'...You hear about that cat that can predict a person's time of death? Any coonclusions on that?<BR/><BR/>BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com