tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1602412694744580257..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Fantasies of Finitude & Dreams of RealityGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90456721387975422012017-06-16T07:45:07.811-07:002017-06-16T07:45:07.811-07:00You know, I bagged one troll for julie once, I rea...You know, I bagged one troll for julie once, I read every last word of Gaghdad bob it seems like a thousand times; - I must just be delirious from all the loneliness, to think you guys were my friends.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24607383290777828892017-06-12T08:04:12.827-07:002017-06-12T08:04:12.827-07:00'Marty, that was very interesting...'<a href="https://youtu.be/835Y4404Zmc" rel="nofollow">'Marty, that was very interesting...'</a>Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16824271961730475912017-06-12T08:00:24.154-07:002017-06-12T08:00:24.154-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70552497850792148332017-06-11T07:26:42.006-07:002017-06-11T07:26:42.006-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43518604283483936042017-06-11T06:07:14.538-07:002017-06-11T06:07:14.538-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16940000962505348492017-06-11T06:05:32.580-07:002017-06-11T06:05:32.580-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34089467309717089972017-06-10T19:21:02.283-07:002017-06-10T19:21:02.283-07:00In that case, can we buy some psilocybin from you?...In that case, can we buy some psilocybin from you? Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27466683894607063042017-06-10T19:08:42.353-07:002017-06-10T19:08:42.353-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36207038345092840632017-06-10T19:08:09.631-07:002017-06-10T19:08:09.631-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39887135724883588132017-06-10T19:05:32.156-07:002017-06-10T19:05:32.156-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-790106674289371742017-06-10T19:04:29.587-07:002017-06-10T19:04:29.587-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25005404289473366262017-06-10T19:02:10.075-07:002017-06-10T19:02:10.075-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16653224252742451172017-06-10T19:00:21.589-07:002017-06-10T19:00:21.589-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87641230822602080832017-06-10T18:58:52.588-07:002017-06-10T18:58:52.588-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34933942621727487092017-06-10T18:58:02.039-07:002017-06-10T18:58:02.039-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34466374707261280502017-06-10T18:55:59.252-07:002017-06-10T18:55:59.252-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33458512308875235032017-06-10T18:55:43.968-07:002017-06-10T18:55:43.968-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75798879104479839152017-06-10T17:43:58.626-07:002017-06-10T17:43:58.626-07:00Can we buy some pot from you?Can we buy some pot from you?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55210361907928121612017-06-10T17:41:16.406-07:002017-06-10T17:41:16.406-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Briviloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283714173879447812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22960326359902098992017-06-10T15:34:35.865-07:002017-06-10T15:34:35.865-07:00I like to start by saying that Mohammad has sought...I like to start by saying that Mohammad has sought the support of the revelation of Moses and Jesus in his claim of, there is a divine truth that must be agnised and revered,that is why we find Moses is mentioned 136 times in the Koran and Jesus 25 time, highlighting the mains point in both religions, while Mohammad has been mentioned only four time. He also mentioned other prophets to support his claim,as very important precedent in the path of the authentic religious experience, he is advocating. This claim has become in the later years the aspiration of all spiritual seekers, in the east and the west, after realizing the fallacy of the mechanical philosophy and its unwise denial to the liveliness of the universe and what is behind. It seems that the noticeable expansion in human consciousness points clearly to the professed transition of humanity toward realizing the truthfulness of the prophets path that demonstrated that true knowledge is received only from the divine primordial source.The path of drawing down the divine knowledge, the path that has become open to the humans without intermediary throw the honest pursuance of any path of the prophets. Ibn Arabi said, no matter in whose prophetic abode you may end you will be accepted due to the open limitless mercy of the only One, provided the honesty of the seeker in both the attention and the intention. As for citing examples to verify the statement I made in my previous comment and the request of our friend to post the written text, the following are few example,Chapter 48 verse 29, chap, 9 verse 111 and chap,13 verse 43, chap 10, verse 94, chap,20 verse 133 and chap 61 verse 14. God is one and his word is one but the messengers are different and through time words are changed and different interpretations are added. The purpose of different religions is to provide humanity with platforms for competing for the best impersonification of the divine truth benefiting from the different religious expression of the truth. Differences never stops and god is the only place where differences are sorted out. The only common human dominators that crosses over all differences are truth and justice and the true settlement will be there. There is no abrogation in the divine realm, nothing evades his registration.Thank you for a useful dialogue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180761762279054000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37590670122130517242017-06-09T15:33:34.184-07:002017-06-09T15:33:34.184-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376833358762656823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27653657080249619772017-06-09T14:45:29.395-07:002017-06-09T14:45:29.395-07:00Abdulmomen:
Interesting what the sufis say about ...Abdulmomen:<br /><br />Interesting what the sufis say about why God created humans, i.e, for His enjoyment. That makes perfect sense.<br /><br />Exactly what we do that He most enjoys is worthy to contemplate. Probably if we love Him and try for union, that is enjoyable. Maybe other things as well? Perhaps God employs us to get access to the negative pole of things, too. It cannot be easy to suffer in Heaven, as presumably the inhabitants of that happy realm are too awake to rile up. So perhaps creating a place and people to get that done is also a motive; think classic tragedies and other stories of great anguish and despair, which are popularly enjoyed for reasons which critics have struggled to explain. Nevertheless, they are enjoyed. Perhaps God likes that sort of thing too? Oedipus anyone?<br /><br />At the root of all may be the most pernicious problem of all, ennui, aka boredom. For God, soaking in eternal bliss which nothing can presumably perturb, getting some entertainment might just be thing he needs to make a good existence even better.<br /><br />I've asked God himself on this matter, and His answer seemed to consist of mirthful laughter if I received it straight. But it was not elaborated on. Anyone else want to take a crack at it?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77848430984054575722017-06-09T07:18:42.011-07:002017-06-09T07:18:42.011-07:00Good questions, Doug.
I would say that it is alwa...Good questions, Doug.<br /><br /><i>I would say that it is always an Intrinsic Cosmic Heresy to infinitize the finite, which is Genesis 3 all over again. </i><br /><br />Like a small child convinced that something that can't be had <i>now</i> must therefore <i>never</i> be had.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23655140606760780472017-06-08T23:58:04.679-07:002017-06-08T23:58:04.679-07:00"In the koran there are verses that call upon..."In the koran there are verses that call upon the moselm to heed the good example of the people in the Torah and the Gospel."<br /><br />Could you possibly post what is written?<br />And is it abrogated elsewhere in the koran?Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376833358762656823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53623929726710198032017-06-08T17:29:39.281-07:002017-06-08T17:29:39.281-07:00The sufis say, god created the humans to enjoy the...The sufis say, god created the humans to enjoy their knowledge of him, that is to enjoy the second knowledge of the different humans of him since his self knowledge is not available to any other but to himself. This is to say that god ineffability is not available but he has created the humans with all these diversified consciousness to compete in the way of understanding and expressing their different discernment of that ineffability in light of their devotional zeal in climbing the ladder of faithful knowledge without letting themselves to fall in the fatal errors you referred to. It is knowing the limit of each entity without any encroachment. Religious experience is universal despite the different expressions of the different mystics which after examining you can find the common thread among them all. In the koran there are verses that call upon the moselm to heed the good example of the people in the Torah and the Gospel. Religious experience is both faithful knowledge and good cooperative work as it is well expressed in the preface to leaves of grass by Whitman.Faith is the seed of knowledge that gives birth to the tree of knowledge. Thank you for a good work in the way up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180761762279054000noreply@blogger.com