tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post2251565215304216975..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Stay Thirsty My FriendsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32189687939158681712009-06-24T14:06:23.318-07:002009-06-24T14:06:23.318-07:00Thanks, QP.
Beautiful words from Meister Eckhart.Thanks, QP.<br />Beautiful words from Meister Eckhart.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51400681615000115332009-06-24T08:13:20.811-07:002009-06-24T08:13:20.811-07:00Theofilia 11:15:00 PM
Be that as it may, but I do...Theofilia 11:15:00 PM<br /><br />Be that as it may, but I don't get yer dr*ftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24191313217519499692009-06-24T06:54:10.580-07:002009-06-24T06:54:10.580-07:00"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselv..."If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." John the BelovedSusannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74254028216685416632009-06-24T06:42:34.397-07:002009-06-24T06:42:34.397-07:00From Oswald Chambers this morning (Luke 22:53 is t...From Oswald Chambers this morning (Luke 22:53 is the reference): "Not being reconciled to the fact of sin— not recognizing it and refusing to deal with it— produces all the disasters in life. You may talk about the lofty virtues of human nature, but there is something in human nature that will mockingly laugh in the face of every principle you have. If you refuse to agree with the fact that there is wickedness and selfishness, something downright hateful and wrong, in human beings, when it attacks your life, instead of reconciling yourself to it, you will compromise with it and say that it is of no use to battle against it. Have you taken this "hour, and the power of darkness" into account, or do you have a view of yourself which includes no recognition of sin whatsoever? In your human relationships and friendships, have you reconciled yourself to the fact of sin? If not, just around the next corner you will find yourself trapped and you will compromise with it. But if you will reconcile yourself to the fact of sin, you will realize the danger immediately and say, "Yes, I see what this sin would mean." The recognition of sin does not destroy the basis of friendship— it simply establishes a mutual respect for the fact that the basis of sinful life is disastrous. Always beware of any assessment of life which does not recognize the fact that there is sin.<br /><br />Jesus Christ never trusted human nature, yet He was never cynical nor suspicious, because He had absolute trust in what He could do for human nature. The pure man or woman is the one who is shielded from harm, not the innocent person. The so-called innocent man or woman is never safe. Men and women have no business trying to be innocent; God demands that they be pure and virtuous. Innocence is the characteristic of a child. Any person is deserving of blame if he is unwilling to reconcile himself to the fact of sin."Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69388568851097758482009-06-24T06:19:31.053-07:002009-06-24T06:19:31.053-07:00And What Walt Said™ pretty much covers the weirder...And What Walt Said™ pretty much covers the weirder front in qpville, xcept the reading of Patanjali.QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827536245376441948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24222348894089208662009-06-24T06:16:27.198-07:002009-06-24T06:16:27.198-07:00RR: "Bion doesn’t want you to do it like him,...RR: <i>"Bion doesn’t want you to do it like him, but to show you how you might do it like you."</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5164/EckLastWord.htm" rel="nofollow">The Last Words of Meister Eckhart</a>QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827536245376441948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14204508515696794012009-06-23T23:15:11.302-07:002009-06-23T23:15:11.302-07:00Oh, and good to see the House Brown-nose back eh?
...Oh, and good to see the House Brown-nose back eh?<br /><br />TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28294001147183922862009-06-23T18:11:45.583-07:002009-06-23T18:11:45.583-07:00Ricky, your soul/Self knows exactly where you'...Ricky, your soul/Self knows exactly where you're at, so just hang with that . . .<br /><br />There's rhyme and reason for every season . . .<br /><br />TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29914485608533520412009-06-23T17:41:35.239-07:002009-06-23T17:41:35.239-07:00And like Julie says, sort of going through a phase...And like Julie says, sort of going through a phase here. And maybe it’s not sure what to make of me.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87044439828832459172009-06-23T17:37:24.889-07:002009-06-23T17:37:24.889-07:00“Again, it's probably just me. Someone else mi...“Again, it's probably just me. Someone else might very well find it to be the most stimulating thing they've ever encountered.”<br /><br />Someone like HvB at least. But I can safely say it’s not just you, Bob. I’m not sorry I read “First Glance…”. Not at all, but I enjoyed HvB’s take on Speyr, which seemed to be about the first 2/3s of the book, to be the most engaging. I found the (her) “prayers” section sort of dry. But maybe that’s the way it has to be. It’s not like she can say them for me. She has to say her own. As you say Bion doesn’t want you to do it like him, but to show you how you might do it like you.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66579254241308757112009-06-23T17:17:31.876-07:002009-06-23T17:17:31.876-07:00NB said "Computation resembles human thought ...NB said "<i>Computation resembles human thought only to about the degree that jet propulsion resembles bird flight.</i><br />No wonder AI is such a dead end."<br /><br />Makes you wonder what their own thoughts are like, that they're able to find the results of programming to be admirable in comparison?<br /><br />Ass-tounding!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19732584143732297482009-06-23T17:06:31.919-07:002009-06-23T17:06:31.919-07:00Yeah Will, this charism thing is interesting. I di...Yeah Will, this charism thing is interesting. I didn't know that Krishna wrote poetry in an unfamiliar language, but I have, first hand, heard one of my student's -- during hands-on energy transmission with 2 other students present -- go into many minutes long monologue in an unfamiliar to her or the rest of us language.<br /><br />To my ear it sounded like a legit. language with an east 'European' flavour.<br />Every so often L. paused, moistened her mouth, even asked if I knew what she was saying. I assured her that I didn't and concentrated on reminding her what her name was now and that she was safe.<br /><br />I didn't know what to do but responded to the tone of the other 'woman', because she seemed very sad, almost 'lamenting' initially. Then her mood changed and she sounded as if she began to pray earnestly . . . after a bit longer her tone, or mood changed to sounding 'ecstaticly' prayfull. It seemed as if she was seeing something which filled her with awe-feeling and that's was the end.<br /><br />Intuitively, I knew it was a soul-level healing and that what mattered to me. We didn't speculate afterwards what planet or level of consciousness the soul was coming from and left it at that.<br />It was a "peace be with you dear one" kind of healing session.<br /><br />TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77205030337615504262009-06-23T16:45:15.892-07:002009-06-23T16:45:15.892-07:00Hmm, look for the signs -
"White House staf...Hmm, look for the signs - <br /><br />"White House staff members report that they and their boss have been routinely bothered by the bugs (flies) and have seen the First Exterminator personally enforcing a no-fly zone in the West Wing…" (NY TImes)<br /><br />Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief<br />Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief<br />Saying, “Tell me great hero, but please make it brief<br />Is there a hole for me to get sick in?”<br /><br />The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly<br />Saying, “Death to all those who would whimper and cry”<br />And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky<br />Saving, “The sun’s not yellow it’s chicken” - (Zimmerman)willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83758173399232529602009-06-23T16:03:28.330-07:002009-06-23T16:03:28.330-07:00Whoops, I meant to say: . . . the fact was Krishna...Whoops, I meant to say: . . . the fact was Krishna's poetry - and not just to my eyes only - amounted to nothing more than a thin trickle of doggerel.willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13188556118769948332009-06-23T16:00:21.210-07:002009-06-23T16:00:21.210-07:00>>I guess I'm having difficulty with the...>>I guess I'm having difficulty with the idea that someone can be granted an extraordinary charism by God, but the charism can be a little on the tedious side<<<br /><br />Reminds me of Gopi Krishna, the Indian fellow who was Kundalini-toasted for 15 years, eventually to emerge from the ordeal hale enough and with a resulting charism, supposedly. The charism was poetry, much of it "prophetic" - it came out of him in gushes and in various languages, some of which he was not familiar. Cool enough, but the fact was Krishna's poetry - and not to my eyes - amounted to nothing more than a thin trickle of doggerel. One would have expected something biblical or Shakespearian in dimension.<br /><br />Are there people who are spiritually inspired by Krishna's poetry? Maybe, just as there are people inspired by Rod McKuen's poetry. I have to acknowledge that most of the world's citizens are not terribly spiritually advanced, so it could be that some charisms are divinely designed to find their own suitable level. Maybe it was the fact that Krishna wrote in, to him, unfamiliar languages, a bit of a magic show that was divinely designed to intrigue the consensus-reality minded. <br /><br />Reminds me of the practice of "speaking in tongues". A charism of a sort, I suppose, but to what end, exactly?willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86360071781556703142009-06-23T14:37:28.034-07:002009-06-23T14:37:28.034-07:00Van,
You might be interested (for a laugh) in wha...Van,<br /><br />You might be interested (for a laugh) in what is happening in the "AI community". It's truly incredible how sack-of-hammers dumb these 170 IQ MIT geniuses are when it comes to comprehending stuff that even the most junior coon instinctively groks.<br /><br />From one of their deep thinkers:<br /><br /><i>Computation resembles human thought only to about the degree that jet propulsion resembles bird flight.</i><br /><br />No wonder AI is such a dead end.Northern Banditnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32728862548682583262009-06-23T11:04:00.898-07:002009-06-23T11:04:00.898-07:00Re. von Speyr, that's interesting. I still hav...Re. von Speyr, that's interesting. I still haven't delved terribly far into the two books that I have, but I find I get the most out of her after reading a page or two from the Mother. That's too bad John seems boring, though - you'd think it would be one of the most fascinating. Guess I'll check it out on Google books before buying. <br /><br />For my part, I've decided to just slow waaaay down for the summer. I realized the other day that the past year I've mentally been sprinting through a metaphysical marathon, with no prior training to speak of and taking little if any time to decompress. So I'm really glad you're sifting through the arkives right now. I'm always thirsty, but I guess sometimes it's important to come up for air...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30899800973181385132009-06-23T10:57:19.017-07:002009-06-23T10:57:19.017-07:00..ahem Bob, sounds to me like my "e-lurch'.....ahem Bob, sounds to me like my "e-lurch'" about "unwinding words" may have been on the . . .?<br /><br />TheofiliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31760483137193496662009-06-23T10:16:23.794-07:002009-06-23T10:16:23.794-07:00Haven't read the post yet, but just had to say...Haven't read the post yet, but just had to say, that the Revelation quote is one of my all-time favorites, after John 1:1. I had a really good dream about that once: people I knew bathing in a crystal clear stream in the depths of winter. <br /><br />Lot's of weird synchronicity going on for me with your posts lately.<br /><br />I kind of hope it doesn't run away this time. <br /><br />Back to post.sehoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398831051769112602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48280490606647433342009-06-23T09:19:02.176-07:002009-06-23T09:19:02.176-07:00So much for his brilliant, nuanced, and principled...So much for his brilliant, nuanced, and principled stand on Iran: <a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/06/23/obama_will_condemn_iran_abuses" rel="nofollow">Obama will condemn Iran abuses</a>. As the equally brilliant Goddinpotty said, any idiot knows that this will only make matters worse.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62519050614559653992009-06-23T08:51:28.444-07:002009-06-23T08:51:28.444-07:00"...for blind passions always overlay a heart..."...for blind passions always overlay a heart of ice, in short, a heart that is 'dead.'" <br /><br />Cue the trolls -Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74333018629579854702009-06-23T08:49:48.437-07:002009-06-23T08:49:48.437-07:00One of the blessings I remind myself of is the she...One of the blessings I remind myself of is the sheer number of important questions for which I've found satisfying answers. <br /><br />Inevitably, this or that source has described things in a <i>language</i> that I, in my general ignorance, could relate to or grasp. Other sources, though they spoke about the "same things," did so in a language that didn't appeal, or edify, or "speak" to me, as you mentioned about von Speyer. I just assume that where there's resonance, there's some sort of correspondence; sometimes I don't question this too closely.<br /><br />The <i>Perennial Philosophy,</i> in whatever form, is vast and timeless, like unto the subject it addresses. No wonder that we can't wrap ourselves around <i>every angle</i> of it on any given day, or even lifetime.<br /><br />At the same time, it is vital, <i>alive.</i> Last Saturday, I was following your Twitter link during the action in Iran. Very compelling, in its immediacy. Later that day, I began reading some 2,000 year old words by Patanjali. <i>Very compelling</i> (for me), in its immediacy! Just as up-to-the-minute (for me) as any Tweet! Truly timeless.<br /><br />Your in-sights are always intriguing!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.com