tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8401622341940502584..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Magic = Spirit x Birth²Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67259956632397885962013-02-03T15:20:45.620-08:002013-02-03T15:20:45.620-08:00Lovechild
of Janet Reno & Janet Napolitano
...<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/new-sec-chief-mary-jo-white-thinks-the-government-should-bring-cases-to-a-point-20130130" rel="nofollow">Lovechild</a> <br /> of Janet Reno & Janet Napolitano<br /><br />[the guy can sure pick winners dept.]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11088484517186389182013-02-03T13:24:45.728-08:002013-02-03T13:24:45.728-08:00Ted, MBV sounds similar to Tangerine Dream. Person...Ted, MBV sounds similar to Tangerine Dream. Personally, I like Tangerine Dream better but MBV ain't bad. <br />Of course, music preferences are definitely subjective.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44395024831957315502013-02-03T13:19:07.625-08:002013-02-03T13:19:07.625-08:00Excellent observation and insight, Whitney!
Excellent observation and insight, Whitney! <br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68380785505268252512013-02-03T10:42:24.683-08:002013-02-03T10:42:24.683-08:00For those of you open to transcendental shoegaze d...For those of you open to transcendental shoegaze dream pop, big news! Last night MBV released a follow up to their classic album "Loveless" 22 years later...it sounds compelling!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG9zGdKjNW2_S0nRfRmESBmYh3RR-3baU&feature=playlist-comment" rel="nofollow">MBV's New Album</a>tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55060417909925230592013-02-03T03:39:53.481-08:002013-02-03T03:39:53.481-08:00I was just listening to a cooking show and they we...I was just listening to a cooking show and they were talking about making your own mustard. My mind drifted to the parable of the mustard seed. Then they talked about how mustard seeds are notoriously difficult to grind up and you must soak them first. I think I just realized the addendum to the parable. Soak us in iniquity and then we will be much easier to grind up.whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01339343160301118530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64281629608623995082013-02-02T08:57:55.488-08:002013-02-02T08:57:55.488-08:00An allegory is a figurative and concrete represent... An allegory is a figurative and concrete representation of an abstract notion, and therefore involves the opposite of the cognitive movement Snell describes above. In other words, we want to go from abstract to concrete, not the other way around. An authentic symbol, on the other hand, will simultaneously "conceal and reveal" (what I call "reveil") its essence, depending upon the depth of vision. (Remember Jesus's statement that he is simply describing what he sees, and the etymological link between sight and nous.)"<br /><br />That's an important distinction. <br />The Mob ain't the only ones who like concrete. USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3448171222161897152013-02-02T08:53:00.201-08:002013-02-02T08:53:00.201-08:00Jack said "Is it just me or does it take a ma...Jack said "Is it just me or does it take a massive amount of effort to become effortless?"<br /><br />Yes...and no (Or no and yes). :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80323092505404530732013-02-02T07:45:00.152-08:002013-02-02T07:45:00.152-08:00This may be a contentious explanation of the demog...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w__PJ8ymliw" rel="nofollow">This</a> may be a contentious explanation of the demographic crash, but I think it goes a long way to clarifying the issue.<br /><br />Warning: it is a 35 minute long video. From Canada!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56511674028700646062013-02-02T07:15:30.233-08:002013-02-02T07:15:30.233-08:00"Learn at first concentration without effort;..."Learn at first concentration without effort; transform work into play; make every yoke that you have accepted easy and every burden that you carry light!"<br /><br />Is it just me or does it take a massive amount of effort to become effortless? Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29275326543973021132013-02-02T07:15:22.242-08:002013-02-02T07:15:22.242-08:00Christina - yes, that's one of those concepts ...Christina - yes, that's one of those concepts that is very simple, and also very difficult to implement, especially when life gets difficult.<br /><br />Back to fertility, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323375204578270053387770718.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read" rel="nofollow">WSJ has an editorial up about the American demographic decline</a>. Ultimately, though, it all boils down to the same thing: it doesn't matter how many incentives are handed down from the State. If the culture doesn't value life more than it values "fun" and "happiness" (the modern version, which probably doesn't much resemble what the Founders had in mind), then the population will fall.<br /><br />Also, I find it sadly amusing that so many people seem to buy into the idea that fertility can be outsourced, as though immigrants and their descendents will somehow be immune to the same forces that make their host countries infertile. The only cases where that tends to be happen are where the immigrant culture refuses to assimilate, but of course there are serious problems with that approach, too...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9673564053781186972013-02-01T19:22:57.669-08:002013-02-01T19:22:57.669-08:00Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed in the p...Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed in the past couple of days that Tarot card images are suddenly popular? Vanderleun has had a few in his sidebar/ side blogs, and there's one in the overnight thread at Ace's tonight. I want to say I've seen a couple of others, too, but don't remember where off the top of my head.<br /><br />It just seems an odd meme for right-leaning blogs, and funny that they should come up the same week as MOTT...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77955980380770466612013-02-01T17:40:48.835-08:002013-02-01T17:40:48.835-08:00I sat in on a botany class this week and the instr...I sat in on a botany class this week and the instructor did a good job of describing how water molecules move up through a huge tree from the roots to the pores on the underside of the leaf. It reminds me of this discussion. It's the water molecule that evaporates from pore exit that pulls the next molecule out, which in turn pulls the next one out like a long train of water.<br /><br />I had a chance to think about the terrifying nature of Pentacost wind this week as very strong winds moved through middle TN during the night. The tornado alarm kept going off, and you could hear this massive amount of wind coming towards you, but I found I can not describe what it sounded like.<br /><br />I still have the battered index card that I carried in my pocket from my first reading of this first chapter. The reason it took me so long to read the MOTT, was that I got stuck on the first instruction and never felt I got anywhere near to mastering it: "Learn at first concentration without effort; transform work into play; make every yoke that you have accepted easy and every burden that you carry light!"Christina Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026226686936294936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62308946588250200762013-02-01T17:30:37.959-08:002013-02-01T17:30:37.959-08:00Hmmmmm those blues got me searching, found nice
s...Hmmmmm those blues got me searching, found nice <br /><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=color+spectrum&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=X9S&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5GkMUbC7HuaeywGe0YH4Bw&ved=0CEUQsAQ&biw=616&bih=496#imgrc=NX7AZzKD2S0ftM%3A%3BbIgKG5MaUiamrM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.graphic-design.com%252FPhotoshop%252Fcolor_cast%252Fcolor_wheel.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.graphic-design.com%252FPhotoshop%252Fcolor_cast%252Fvisible_color_spectrum.html%3B538%3B553" rel="nofollow">spectra</a> <br />so dogs don't pick up 'red'...gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83183292396621356142013-02-01T16:13:15.333-08:002013-02-01T16:13:15.333-08:00One fun game is to reply, "I don't think ...One fun game is to reply, "I don't think there are too many people."<br /><br />Watch the synapses burn!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41586077868125539542013-02-01T16:11:45.830-08:002013-02-01T16:11:45.830-08:00When I point out the coming population implosion t...When I point out the coming population implosion to those on the left, they generally see it as a good thing. Because, according to them, there are "too many people" and not enough resources.<br /><br />Of course, that doesn't prevent most of those types from taking full advantage of the comforts of modern life. Nor does it prevent them from reflexively endorsing the enlargement of the welfare state. <br /><br />Unconcerned, as to who exactly is supposed to provide all that for them. Certainly not the children they--like myself, alas-- will never have. <br /><br />Unsurprisingly, they are unable to see the irony.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59808110100860104542013-02-01T14:58:44.167-08:002013-02-01T14:58:44.167-08:00Yes, life is raised from the ground below by the l...Yes, life is raised from the ground below by the light from above. But even the below comes from above: We are made from stardust and sunshine. But it's been quite a while since the star part, admittedly.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30599877622100675272013-02-01T12:07:40.552-08:002013-02-01T12:07:40.552-08:00And also speaking of fertility, this is what happe...And <a href="http://thediplomat.com/2013/02/01/japans-demographic-disaster/2/?all=true" rel="nofollow">also speaking of fertility</a>, this is what happens when culture becomes so secularized that it remains unleavened by any higher Truth than simple, self-centered (and ultimately onanistic) materialism. <br /><br />Why is the population imploding? Because they have forgotten that it <i>is good</i> to be fruitful and multiply.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18566174238638996192013-02-01T12:02:18.403-08:002013-02-01T12:02:18.403-08:00They do call DNA a blueprint.They do call DNA a blueprint.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36463447044171250182013-02-01T12:01:40.854-08:002013-02-01T12:01:40.854-08:00Tomberg says that the purpose of the arcana is to ...<i>Tomberg says that the purpose of the arcana is to awaken the deeper layers of the soul.</i><br /><br />He uses the word "enzyme". We could probably say catalyst or template or jig -- it's something you can use to get things in order, aligned and in the right place.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70507454925032471692013-02-01T11:57:41.486-08:002013-02-01T11:57:41.486-08:00Re. fertilization, it's been going through my ...Re. fertilization, it's been going through my mind lately that whatever grows from the ground <i>is</i> in fact the ground. The seed, after all, is in a sense merely a set of instructions. The mature plant consists entirely of earth, sunlight and water, rearranged. The fertile field, in a sense, is already alive; it just awaits a cosmic depth charge to express that life...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19487605361897053062013-02-01T11:55:55.538-08:002013-02-01T11:55:55.538-08:00Many shades of blue.
I'd dropped my wife of...Many shades of blue. <br /><br />I'd dropped my wife off at the doctor's office the other day and headed off to do some stuff -- including airing up the tires on her vehicle. While I was doing that, a black gentleman on the bus bench started talking to me. He had just gotten off work. He had to be home before his daughter got off school, and he had just missed the previous bus. It wasn't too far -- but old knees are sympathetic, so I told him to hop in and I'd run him over there. <br /><br />He sits down and says, "Ah, I got woman trouble." <br /><br />I said, "The worst kind."mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52291310264445214382013-02-01T11:47:52.411-08:002013-02-01T11:47:52.411-08:00Heh. One time I was working on a design project, a...Heh. One time I was working on a design project, and the print job came back with the wrong blue. I had been using rgb to design, but printing was in cmyk, and that particular hue didn't translate. The difference was subtle but noticeably worse and somewhat unpleasant. We came up with a workaround, but it was a challenge.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65132254715278881112013-02-01T10:47:52.270-08:002013-02-01T10:47:52.270-08:00blues power<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVtYKVaz9xY" rel="nofollow">blues power</a><br /><br />Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.com