tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1204372458716954177..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Providence, Destiny, and Fate, Oh My! (1.14.11)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15438124806355139592008-01-12T19:45:00.000-08:002008-01-12T19:45:00.000-08:00ximeze-That's why I refer to her as Hitlery Clinto...ximeze-<BR/><BR/>That's why I refer to her as Hitlery Clinton. I've been correcting people for years about conservatives being fascists. Doesn't seem to sink in. Same as trying to make them understand we don't live in a democracy.debasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546940741042023260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74605416552603584642008-01-12T09:07:00.000-08:002008-01-12T09:07:00.000-08:00"Here I think that fate can serve approximately th..."Here I think that fate can serve approximately the same purpose as entropy, discussed in yesterday's post. An organism can never eliminate entropy; rather, it uses entropy by dissipating it in order to maintain its dynamic equilibrium. <BR/><BR/>Likewise, we can "dissipate" fate to achieve our destiny."<BR/><BR/>This is very deep and fascinating! <BR/>So we "diss" fate. <BR/>Or, to put it so the young kits will grok it: We "punk" fate. <BR/>Trick my fate. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33300708514388304242008-01-12T08:59:00.000-08:002008-01-12T08:59:00.000-08:00LOL! Gene Wilder said it best. Well, funniest anyw...LOL! Gene Wilder said it best. <BR/>Well, funniest anyway. <BR/>Good reference Julie.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-981895160656466972008-01-11T21:43:00.000-08:002008-01-11T21:43:00.000-08:00Square?..... Square?Talk about square. ;*)Square?..... Square?<BR/>Talk about square. ;*)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81471786434315457002008-01-11T21:10:00.000-08:002008-01-11T21:10:00.000-08:00I mean yesterday--typo.I mean yesterday--typo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5851983980607213722008-01-11T21:07:00.000-08:002008-01-11T21:07:00.000-08:00For anyone who doesn't keep up with him, Dennis P...For anyone who doesn't keep up with him, <A HREF="http://www.townhall.com/talkradio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=3" REL="nofollow"> Dennis Prager </A> interviewed Jonah Goldberg on his "Liberal Fascism" yeterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69307189006593827832008-01-11T19:18:00.000-08:002008-01-11T19:18:00.000-08:00joan of argghh! -What is this "Preview" you speak ...joan of argghh! -<BR/><BR/>What is this "Preview" you speak of? I was unaware of such an option. I gather though, you don't recommend it...some kind of adventure in Dante-esque inferno? <BR/><BR/>I just glanced down and I do see it now. Thus far it has eluded me.<BR/><BR/>Though I do remember once (or a few times) using it to post on a Blogger blog about a year ago. Funny that I missed it with this blog! <BR/><BR/>Today I realized that I had tapped the wrong tab and was gleefully writing about a crush* on this comment area instead of an inbox reply area!!! Now THAT would have been juicy! Maybe I should use the preview option!!! <BR/><BR/>*...unrequited, however. I was quiet and kept the crush on the down-low, and then he decided to date someone else. I don't think he knew of my attentions. I was preoccupied with other things so maybe it was just not the right time. :) <BR/><BR/>Wow, now I'm frightened to hit the orange button rather than the blue. <BR/>Ah, it's alright.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11098370450726887882008-01-11T17:47:00.000-08:002008-01-11T17:47:00.000-08:00BTW, I've done a bit of "letting go" by not hittin...BTW, I've done a bit of "letting go" by not hitting the "preview" option on commenting.<BR/><BR/>It keeps me out of the 9th level of word-veri hell; and it really is a bit edgy and loose, to just hit "publish". Yeh.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70724568095879925512008-01-11T17:44:00.000-08:002008-01-11T17:44:00.000-08:00if you're not dancing, you're wrong. Not to mentio...<I>if you're not dancing, you're wrong. </I><BR/><BR/>Not to mention hopelessly square...<BR/><BR/>:o)Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67727992561178150072008-01-11T17:21:00.000-08:002008-01-11T17:21:00.000-08:00I know of a Godwho once knew it all, but whogave i...I know of a God<BR/>who once knew it all, but who<BR/>gave it up for loveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19740149876000608672008-01-11T16:52:00.000-08:002008-01-11T16:52:00.000-08:00But, then He causes all things to for the good for...But, then He causes all things to for the good for those who are in Him. <BR/>Hmmmmm...<BR/><BR/>But yes, I believe He is omniscient because He is omnipotent.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63537553792767093482008-01-11T16:44:00.000-08:002008-01-11T16:44:00.000-08:00I am sure Bob may have insight on the matter. ......I am sure Bob may have insight on the matter. ... I thought I'd just add some of my question texture to the question.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58894064169636322472008-01-11T16:43:00.000-08:002008-01-11T16:43:00.000-08:00Nomo - The mind boiler question. Do His actions r...Nomo - The mind boiler question. Do His actions remain back from His knowledge, ie gives the distance in action for us to choose, even if He knows what it will be. He knows but lets us cause things?<BR/><BR/>This is hypothesis only. <BR/><BR/>His thoughts (in the end) after all are higher than our thoughts and His ways higher than our ways. I believe that is how it is put in His Word.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12117311883151285242008-01-11T16:33:00.000-08:002008-01-11T16:33:00.000-08:00Is God Omniscient?Is God Omniscient?NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16921828786672643052008-01-11T13:35:00.000-08:002008-01-11T13:35:00.000-08:00Freedom’s DictatorsHistory shows liberalism shares...Freedom’s Dictators<BR/>History shows liberalism shares much with fascism.<BR/>by Bruce Thornton<BR/>Private Papers<BR/><BR/>A review of Jonah Goldberg, Liberal Fascism. The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods<BR/><BR/>http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/<BR/>thornton011008.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11272854931371776282008-01-11T13:07:00.000-08:002008-01-11T13:07:00.000-08:00Granted. But not even for instuctive purposes but ...Granted. But not even for instuctive purposes but perhaps to luminate or illustrate some similar sign posts for those of us out there...but if not, that's cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80306853386710459642008-01-11T12:56:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:56:00.000-08:00co -- yes, I'm familiar with the book, but haven't...co -- yes, I'm familiar with the book, but haven't read the whole thing yet.<BR/><BR/>at -- I'm not sure that my situation would be instructive to anyone else. It's partly why I stopped doing psychotherapy, since I could hardly use myself as any kind of frame of reference for normality. Put it this way: compared to me, 999 people out of 1000 are very abnormal. Either that, or....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74941923349981033022008-01-11T12:36:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:36:00.000-08:00"But I could never do this with my ego in the way...."But I could never do this with my ego in the way. Rather, I can only achieve "control" of my destiny by giving up control. I could never do this with effort. Quite the opposite. Each morning I abandon memory, desire, and understanding, in order to make a little raid on the wild godhead."<BR/><BR/>Bob, could you elaborate a bit on the process you do to achieve that? It seems like a battle just to be able to abandon those things to get beyond them. Was it a process long in practice to get to where you are now, and do you now let the information you absorb simply come through you as it will? <BR/><BR/>It's something that I believe is beginning to occur in my own life. Giving up ambition and desire, not out of some practice to attain enlightenment, but rather it got to a point with many things where I had had enough. Not sure if that makes sense, but once that started happening, I then noticed movement and a degree of fluidity in my life that I didn't expect. But the balance now seems to not get bogged down once things go well, to try and grasp those things again and to try and control it. Anyway, could you elaborate on how you were to do that for yourself?<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71497206213257519572008-01-11T12:32:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:32:00.000-08:00Bob,Are you familiar with the book "Abandonment to...Bob,<BR/><BR/>Are you familiar with the book "Abandonment to Divine Providence"? It's one of my personal favorites. It has some deep thoughts on abandonment and speaks on what you write about today. Take care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61281141060139162902008-01-11T10:42:00.000-08:002008-01-11T10:42:00.000-08:00"Rather, the destiny drive mysteriously applies to..."Rather, the destiny drive mysteriously applies to the whole of one's life, not just to an isolated part of it (in fact, analogous to the cosmos, you could say that it is the implicit totality of one's being, which naturally must be disclosed in time)."<BR/>Yes, and I suspect that those who Gno Themselves well, people like Churchil and Washington come to mind, sense that destiny more clearer than most. <BR/><BR/>"Yes, you need a blueprint to create an airplane capable of crashing, but that is not the purpose of non-Muslim airplanes."<BR/><BR/>Lol.<BR/><BR/>"By the way, can we give a big hand to Bolton's Keys of Gnosis, which has unlocked so many fruitful non-linear O-ssociations?"<BR/><BR/>Clicked from here to there and put my super saver shipment through (for Boltons and Goldbergs 'Liberal Fascism') earlier this week.<BR/><BR/>Cha-ching!<BR/><BR/>wv:uzazu - no, I'm not, that's not my destiny.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55843640921618829052008-01-11T10:32:00.000-08:002008-01-11T10:32:00.000-08:00"and they both smell as sweet as a Rosie or Rosean..."and they both smell as sweet as a Rosie or Roseanne. "<BR/><BR/>ewhohhh... <I>That</I> didn't go well with lunch.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47476291116787419992008-01-11T10:02:00.000-08:002008-01-11T10:02:00.000-08:00Destiny! Destiny! No escaping, that's for me!Oops,...Destiny! Destiny! <BR/>No escaping, that's for me!<BR/><BR/>Oops, sorry - that was someone else's bad dream :)<BR/><BR/>On a different note, but one that raccoonish minds might appreciate, I had an interesting experience last night that I posted <A HREF="http://juliecork.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/epiphany/" REL="nofollow">here</A>. (It's a bit long for a comment, and I didn't want to hijack anyone's thread.)<BR/><BR/>And on a third note entirely, if you happen to be in the East Valley this afternoon, my choir is giving a free concert, details also at the above link.<BR/><BR/>And now, back to our regularly unscheduled program...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45761895658531738752008-01-11T09:38:00.000-08:002008-01-11T09:38:00.000-08:00Country Musicstaves in four four timeour days mete...<A HREF="http://robinstarfish.blogspot.com/2008/01/country-music.html" REL="nofollow">Country Music</A><BR/>staves in four four time<BR/>our days metered out in bars<BR/>improvisationrobinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.com