tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post9071955146693864582..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Man's Perfect Incompleteness Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21588165756653971772014-10-13T06:09:53.465-07:002014-10-13T06:09:53.465-07:00Plato has Aristophanes pipe up in the Symposium th...Plato has Aristophanes pipe up in the Symposium that human beings were originally hermaphrodites but were somehow split in half to spend their lives in longing for their missing soul mates. This myth still has currency but doesn't extend logically to some theological thought, which is a pity.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6678888507682604412014-10-12T13:14:23.629-07:002014-10-12T13:14:23.629-07:00About the hole in the center. Humans are no diffe...About the hole in the center. Humans are no different, just look up, hopefully. The rest look to humans, very logical. You know, nature used to be the elder race.<br /><br />You may think instinct is mechanical, but that is just sacrifice to keep the kids viable.<br /><br />I am just saying, unless one has that St Francis Crazy Horse invitation to uplift, respect to those that carry life should be paid.<br /><br />In other words, angels are not what you think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61336248506698271272014-10-11T09:31:24.299-07:002014-10-11T09:31:24.299-07:00In other news, those anony-spammers really had a b...In other news, those anony-spammers really had a burst of energy overnight, didn't they?Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53183534961716293952014-10-11T09:30:39.675-07:002014-10-11T09:30:39.675-07:00Good news Ben! But about those situps, don't l...Good news Ben! But about those situps, don't listen to Skully; yes, he can do sixty sit ups, but they don't count. Drinking till you pass out, then sitting up to start over while counting out "One...", is not recognized as a legitimate count. <br /><br />Sorry Skully, it just isn't.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20011391120035413662014-10-10T17:04:04.291-07:002014-10-10T17:04:04.291-07:00Yes! Bacon, beer, tillamook sharp cheddar cheese (...Yes! Bacon, beer, tillamook sharp cheddar cheese (the best for those who haven't hadthe opportunityto try it), cheeseburger, pork chops, spinach with real butter (who says I don't eat balanced meals?) and fried chicken have all gone down with no complications. :^)<br /><br />Next on the list is tacos and then baby back ribs...jest to be sure. <br />Also gained 5 of the 20lbs. I lost back. Now if only I can remember to do sit-ups...USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32493327172724978002014-10-10T16:47:08.438-07:002014-10-10T16:47:08.438-07:00Speaking of bacon, how's your recovery going? ...Speaking of bacon, how's your recovery going? Are you back to eating the good stuff yet?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52801108800072148072014-10-10T16:35:50.962-07:002014-10-10T16:35:50.962-07:00" But man is never perfect: rather, perfectib..." But man is never perfect: rather, perfectible. And unless I am mistaken, perfectibility is oddly superior to perfection."<br /><br />Ain't no doubt. If this were not true humans wouldn't have invented beer.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66011909082717849252014-10-10T16:13:34.222-07:002014-10-10T16:13:34.222-07:00"You could say that the pig is already "..."You could say that the pig is already "perfect," because he never fails to be one."<br /><br />Aye, it's not like we can make bacon more perfect. Skullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88185205623635588612014-10-10T13:33:20.881-07:002014-10-10T13:33:20.881-07:00Your post pointed me back to something I read the ...Your post pointed me back to something I read the other day...<br /><br />"The whole Eastern approach, for all its talk of nonduality and peace, is inherently antagonistic. Because it can see no way to salvage the human self (which it sees as the source of suffering) the only real option it presents is the suppression of that self. That can be through meditation, paradoxes - whatever. Whether it's an attempt at ego destruction or clever circumvention, the ego, the self - you, me - is still seen as the problem. Stillness and peace, they are the solution. It works against the basic nature of the human animal. The basic nature of what the self is. No matter how you embellish it, no matter if you call silence the 'True Self', the basic antagonism of the whole approach is hardwired from the work of Buddha onward. It's just not deep enough. It doesn't have enough insight into the nature of the self to find a way that the self can be reinvented..." Cairan Healeytedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14859967215165893442014-10-10T12:55:33.274-07:002014-10-10T12:55:33.274-07:00Ha - I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if it&...Ha - I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if it's really that the pieces have no use, or if it's that they appear to be a close match but still wrong for some reason, or they show up at the wrong time or the wrong place, or they still need reshaping...<br /><br />Or maybe they only <i>seem</i> to have no use, but in reality they are doing exactly what they ought. Kind of like how Activated Slack can appear to be pure laziness. <br /><br />Anyway, going back to the post it seems to me that due to our intrinsic incompleteness, even the most seemingly perfect fit would be inadequate to make us Whole. Just enough to expand our own puzzle to some degree.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25049121515891025672014-10-10T11:57:38.228-07:002014-10-10T11:57:38.228-07:00At the very least, with the grandkids, the kids ca...At the very least, with the grandkids, the kids can point and say, "Don't be like Poppy."mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48265230575094998052014-10-10T11:53:15.967-07:002014-10-10T11:53:15.967-07:00Go figure. We are all the missing piece of someon...Go figure. We are all the missing piece of someone else's puzzle, even if we have no use for the piece.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32231652402958617202014-10-10T11:46:58.302-07:002014-10-10T11:46:58.302-07:00man finds his completion and his happiness only in...<i>man finds his completion and his happiness only in communion with another human being</i><br /><br />That works great for me. I kind of pity those for whom I am the other human being.<br /><br />mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89282724749688968362014-10-10T11:43:23.869-07:002014-10-10T11:43:23.869-07:00I would prefer to participate joyfully in the sorr...<i>I would prefer to participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world than to pretend they're not really happening to someone who doesn't actually exist.</i><br /><br />I'll pile on here.<br /><br />A metaphysical system that ends with a "GOTCHA!" or a "Fooled Ya!" -the whole thing being a deception,<br />just can't be right. <br /><br />(Well, it's more a "Got Me!" or "Fooled Me!")John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63266759183217367392014-10-10T11:01:20.646-07:002014-10-10T11:01:20.646-07:00"But I like my individuality, and I don't..."But I like my individuality, and I don't need anyone feeling sorry for it. Thanks but no thanks. I would prefer to participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world than to pretend they're not really happening to someone who doesn't actually exist."<br /><br />Yep. Sort of like going to see John Cage perform <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage" rel="nofollow">4′33″</a>... and the point would be...?Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-863926298815812052014-10-10T10:56:36.925-07:002014-10-10T10:56:36.925-07:00And where's the bloody sport in achieving whol...<i>And where's the bloody sport in achieving wholeness by "draw[ing] out conclusions which ultimately cancel out man"? I can shoot myself and do that.</i><br /><br />Just don't take out these <a href="http://nautil.us/issue/18/genius/the-intelligent-life-of-the-city-raccoon" rel="nofollow">guys</a>tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.com