tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post7143277450813582662..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Until the Last Liberal Professor is Strangled with the Entrails of the Last MSM JournalistGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91777199199212451702013-04-23T09:44:42.618-07:002013-04-23T09:44:42.618-07:00RC:
Thanks for freedblack;
yup one might say Dzog...RC:<br />Thanks for freedblack; <br />yup one might say Dzogchen is like a space ship of Mind; Brunton's mentalism a jet liner of, & MBEddy's system a training-wheels bicycle thereof; I know many here are ever-more-staunchly exclusively eso. Xtian anti-Kantians [& Warhol-doubters]<br />but contrasting ways can be f-u-n. <br />+ Mentalistic systems are at least anti-materialist, which most 'coonians are aligned with, I am glad Dzogchen pushes that to the limit and helps purge one of remnant persistencies of dualistic materialism <br />See<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Buddhahood-Without-Meditation-Visionary-Phenomena/dp/1881847071/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366735385&sr=1-1&keywords=buddhahood+without+meditation" rel="nofollow">this</a> <br /><br />alas no longer downloadable at http://bookos.org/gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63918324360650115752013-04-23T09:28:06.328-07:002013-04-23T09:28:06.328-07:00It's very hard to do credible rock & roll ...It's very hard to do credible rock & roll past the age of 30, at least with dignity intact. The ones with real artistry, like Van Morrison, evolve into different forms of expression. The hacks just keep trying to do the same thing -- e.g., the Stones or Aerosmith -- or else degenerate into mainstream pap, e.g., McCartney, Elton John, Rod Stewart, et al. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61185904239861712662013-04-23T08:36:27.234-07:002013-04-23T08:36:27.234-07:00That's true about Clapton. It hardly seems po...That's true about Clapton. It hardly seems possible that the guy playing the solo on 'Sunshine of Your Love' did 'You Look Wonderful Tonight'?mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47526759550891268642013-04-23T07:57:34.873-07:002013-04-23T07:57:34.873-07:00@ge
Seems all very vague to me. The poem is remin...@ge<br /><br />Seems all very vague to me. The poem is reminiscent of Christian Science... not a positive association in my reckoning. Your mileage may vary.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5613764241268497202013-04-23T07:49:14.767-07:002013-04-23T07:49:14.767-07:00'Shroom: The thing is, Clapton peaked in 1970...'Shroom: The thing is, Clapton peaked in 1970 with Layla, after which he descended into heroin addiction, which is around the same time Green went cuckoo. The difference is that since then Clapton has done nothing but sub-Phil Collins elevator music, whereas Green continued to be a vital artist into the 2000s. That's what surprised me about the box, since I had never heard any of his post-crack up music. Good review at <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-anthology-mw0000802996" rel="nofollow">All Music Guide</a>, with song samples... Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39234903277121526962013-04-23T05:00:09.085-07:002013-04-23T05:00:09.085-07:00I might name a few fave non-heroic guitar heros of...I might name a few fave non-heroic guitar heros of mine:<br />syd barrett<br />ron elliott [Beau Brummells]<br />early Zappa<br />Tom Verlaine of Television [has that man ever touched an acoustic guitar? -hard to imagine]<br /><br />-----<br />ps re above post, the quote is actually written by Dudjom Lingpa, whose century-old book i just finished BUDDHAHOOD WITHOUT MEDITATION* has the form of his reporting meditative meetings and instructions from various figures from the tibetan tradition...ie as if Bob were to do a book where each chapter 'channels' utterly believable & stylistically matching paragraphs from Tomberg, then from Schuon, then Jung, etc ! The trick is actually getting the reader [as i did above!] to believe the original is speaking.<br /><br />*i found free at osbooks, ebook librarygehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83327186775562291492013-04-22T22:47:53.397-07:002013-04-22T22:47:53.397-07:00Mind is God
with no human qualities
It does everyt...Mind is God<br />with no human qualities<br />It does everything --we do nothing.<br /> <br />'In actuality, though, even the fires of hell do not burn'<br />everybody--everything is a projection of Mind...people places things like dreams evanescent, un-there, [there-there... there is no there there, there is no there anywhere] but ineffable arisings-- vanishing imaginings<br /><br />thus as oft as you please<br />click your heels and burst out laughing<br />stumbling into treasures<br />ignoring imperfections<br />cause they're all projections<br />from mind unfindable<br /><br />...isn't that something?<br />it's invaluable<br />nothing<br /><br />[Dzogchen soaked poem #??...quote: Longchenpa]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24036915906961507732013-04-22T20:01:59.315-07:002013-04-22T20:01:59.315-07:00Part of it was that Green was not quite a stable p...Part of it was that Green was not quite a stable person during the period of time he should have been succeeding commercially and making a name for himself. You could say the same thing, though, about a lot of very talented musicians. <br /><br />Maybe it had something to do with Green following Clapton with the Bluesbreakers. I was fairly young back then, but I heard a lot more Yardbirds and Cream in the late '60s/early '70s than I did early Fleetwood Mac.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87917676559268983502013-04-22T18:35:09.412-07:002013-04-22T18:35:09.412-07:00I have a huge poster of the cathedral of Cologne h...I have a huge poster of the cathedral of Cologne hanging on my wall. I was pulling on my stockings yesterday, looking at my two legs, pointing down, and I glanced up at the poster as I was pulling up the stockings, and it suddenly hit me that the cathedral of Cologne looks exactly like the Hanged Man. The two towers are the legs pointing up towards heaven and the head is down below, under the ground.Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32702193827432943322013-04-22T16:51:38.074-07:002013-04-22T16:51:38.074-07:00I have quite a few box sets, but this one I just g...I have quite a few box sets, but this one I just got of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Anthology-Peter-Green/dp/B001F4YTQQ/ref=tf_ssw?&linkCode=wss&tag=onecos-20" rel="nofollow">Peter Green</a> is among the best. I've only listened to the first three discs, but not a weak track yet. <br /><br />I don't know why Clapton got all the attention, because Green is much better. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8173093579204215752013-04-22T14:59:02.716-07:002013-04-22T14:59:02.716-07:00Proof that it must mean something.Proof that it must mean something.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63195401992096315422013-04-22T14:50:32.361-07:002013-04-22T14:50:32.361-07:00And in case anyone was wondering, I went ahead a G...And in case anyone was wondering, I went ahead a Googled "terminal moraine of the senses".<br /><br />I got 8 hits.<br /><br />First one was in 2008.<br /><br />I don't like that phrase as much as "prisoners of their own neurology", though.<br /><br />Hmmmm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42474142109661855902013-04-22T14:46:40.518-07:002013-04-22T14:46:40.518-07:00"One can always paper over discontinuities, i..."One can always paper over discontinuities, inconsistencies, holes, psychic envelopes, dead spots, unborns, etc., but there is a technical term for this: papering over, I guess."<br /><br />I really like this sentence.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70296446047319117462013-04-22T12:49:40.877-07:002013-04-22T12:49:40.877-07:00Re. the MSM journalists, without them we might act...Re. the MSM journalists, without them we might actually have a conservative populace. Or at least a better informed one, anyway...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91554051361506263792013-04-22T11:14:25.828-07:002013-04-22T11:14:25.828-07:00Jesus said that no one could come to Him unless dr...Jesus said that no one could come to Him unless drawn by the Father.<br /><br /><i>Here again, this is why liberty is so critical to the articulation and development of the self. The self is something that pre-exists in the form of potential, but can only develop and be known through experience.</i><br /><br />It looks like we are being challenged to live out our liberty in an atmosphere of increasing oppression.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74349478599679901772013-04-22T09:26:21.701-07:002013-04-22T09:26:21.701-07:00MSM journalists. What would we do without them?<a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/04/why-does-evil-make-liberals-stupid.php" rel="nofollow">MSM journalists</a>. What would we do without them?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com