tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post2753253752069751974..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: There's No Crying in Purgatory!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47038101481108409622011-04-07T13:04:02.515-07:002011-04-07T13:04:02.515-07:00The Pope is allowed to write books??The Pope is allowed to write books??Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53632918537197258752011-04-07T08:01:22.692-07:002011-04-07T08:01:22.692-07:00I'm not very far yet into the first, but you&#...I'm not very far yet into the first, but you're right. Not only is his understanding profound, his ability to communicate that understanding is excellent. I have to keep reminding myself that this is written by <i>The Pope</i>, because it doesn't come across as Catholic so much as, well, <i>catholic</i>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4387762444117217012011-04-07T06:39:47.195-07:002011-04-07T06:39:47.195-07:00No, I'd never heard of it. BTW, I just finish...No, I'd never heard of it. BTW, I just finished the second volume and it is superb -- even better than the first. Toward the end, the Pope says some things that are reminiscent of Aurobindo, eg, "the Resurrection is something of a radical 'evolutionary leap,' in which a new dimension of life emerges, a new dimension of human existence. Indeed, matter itself is remolded into a new type of reality." This is precisely how I would express it -- as the "fourth bang" after existence, life, and mind.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61124009440751964282011-04-06T21:47:09.661-07:002011-04-06T21:47:09.661-07:00Off topic, Bob - I notice in Jesus of Nazareth the...Off topic, Bob - I notice in <i>Jesus of Nazareth</i> the Papa keeps referencing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rabbi-Talks-Jesus-Jacob-Neusner/dp/0773520465/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302151481&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">this book</a>, which sounds fairly intriguing. Ever heard of it elsewhere?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24023012620683564352011-04-06T15:38:08.545-07:002011-04-06T15:38:08.545-07:00Petey - indeed, it just struck me that being in Pu...Petey - indeed, it just struck me that being in Purgatory is the time it takes to get to the timelessness. That, and I find Vanderleun's impatience amusing. Purgatory may not be as exciting as the Inferno, what without the burning and the farting and the rending of flesh, but it hasn't struck me as <i>boring</i> yet. Maybe that's just me, though.<br /><br />***<br />On an unrelated note, FL says the most astounding things...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9570805605877585432011-04-06T15:27:05.380-07:002011-04-06T15:27:05.380-07:00Future leader comes in and says, "I like how ...Future leader comes in and says, "I like how your office smells."<br /><br />"Oh yeah? What does it smell like?"<br /><br />"Like God's sweat."<br /><br />What an odd thing to say. Must be from the souls struggling up Mount P....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62507853038950496512011-04-06T15:21:48.285-07:002011-04-06T15:21:48.285-07:00I believe the expression is timelessness takes tim...I believe the expression is <i>timelessness takes time</i>.Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22094217870151333322011-04-06T15:06:33.856-07:002011-04-06T15:06:33.856-07:00"Paraphrasing Petey, Purgatory takes time…&qu..."Paraphrasing Petey, Purgatory takes time…"<br /><br />Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37397873324046251962011-04-06T13:41:30.679-07:002011-04-06T13:41:30.679-07:00I can hear Beatrice singing now, "I got a bra...I can hear Beatrice singing now, "I got a brand-new pair of rollerskates, you got a brand-new key."<br /><br /><br />More seriously, and as hard as it is to believe, most people would rather be secure than free.<br /><br />As if security were possible.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70096883745304519912011-04-06T13:19:55.662-07:002011-04-06T13:19:55.662-07:00>>They are all about the administration of b...>>They are all about the administration of business instead of the minstration of Isness<<<br /><br />'course one must apply the Isness to the business if one is to reach the peak.<br /><br />I've run across a coupla sociopaths in my time and the one thing they had in common was - no, not cannabalism! - they had no interest in developing whatever talents they may have had. Not saying they were lazy; they were unflagging in their efforts to manipulate others. But they had no interest in actually contributing to the commonweal.willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82925155814826734632011-04-06T12:12:25.779-07:002011-04-06T12:12:25.779-07:00Vanderleun...like anyone...could even know that..Vanderleun...like anyone...could even know that..Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15884880736931194252011-04-06T11:28:01.209-07:002011-04-06T11:28:01.209-07:00Bob - that sounds like the best way to get through...Bob - that sounds like the best way to get through an art appreciation class.<br /><br />Gerard - Paraphrasing Petey, Purgatory takes time...<br /><br />But if you're right, does that mean Beatrice is the Gatekeeper?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45727059520239619142011-04-06T10:38:02.796-07:002011-04-06T10:38:02.796-07:00No education, no yearning, no liberty.
(Education...No education, no yearning, no liberty.<br /><br />(Education, of course, not to be confused with, or by, schooling.)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57632729483159435972011-04-06T10:35:52.034-07:002011-04-06T10:35:52.034-07:00"But some people hate this arrangement, becau..."But some people hate this arrangement, because liberty only reminds them of their failures. For them, liberty is a source of pain and humiliation, not a school of hope and self-improvement."<br /><br />I think I'll make a ringtone or wav file of that so I can play it o-o-ov-o-over and o-o-ov-o-over next time I hear someone prattling about how "Everybody yearns for <i>liberty!</i>"Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73498373355643111152011-04-06T10:32:24.637-07:002011-04-06T10:32:24.637-07:00(Just don't cross the streams)(Just don't cross the streams)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32864986244215203342011-04-06T10:27:21.046-07:002011-04-06T10:27:21.046-07:00Virgil is not the psychopomp. Virgil is "The ...Virgil is not the psychopomp. Virgil is "The Keymaster!"<br /><br />After all, does he not say in Canto 3 of the Inferno, "Many Shuvs and Zuuls will be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58523528250411309972011-04-06T10:27:00.717-07:002011-04-06T10:27:00.717-07:00I have to admit, the caption under #2 made me LOL....I have to admit, the caption under #2 made <i>me</i> LOL. And I just remembered how I passed the time in my college art appreciation class -- putting captions under the paintings in the textbook....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36427810560609483652011-04-06T10:25:42.363-07:002011-04-06T10:25:42.363-07:00Is there any way we can get out of the rest of Pur...Is there any way we can get out of the rest of Purgatory early? Can't we just cut to "the Love which moves the sun and the other stars" and have done with it. <br /><br />I mean that's the only canto after Satan gnawing on Judas that I like. The between is just filler. Please? Please?vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68222968227612624542011-04-06T10:18:00.622-07:002011-04-06T10:18:00.622-07:00I forget why Virgil is the psychopomp. Probably s...I forget why Virgil is the psychopomp. Probably something having to do with Dante's belief that they are the two greatest poets ever....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41917887148977908152011-04-06T10:16:47.852-07:002011-04-06T10:16:47.852-07:00!
I just saw the caption on that second picture. ...!<br /><br />I just saw the caption on that second picture. Good thing I wasn't drinking coffee just then...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20459549260156818212011-04-06T10:02:13.214-07:002011-04-06T10:02:13.214-07:00Wild horses couldn't keep Virgil away, is what...Wild horses couldn't keep Virgil away, is what I mean. Which, if true, says something about what guiding Dante may be actually costing Virgil. But perhaps Virgil doesn't care.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55321552624989497112011-04-06T09:58:50.007-07:002011-04-06T09:58:50.007-07:00Great Post!TM
Maybe we covered this..but I don...Great Post!TM<br /><br />Maybe we covered this..but I don't remember. What's in this for Virgil?<br />Is he likewise drawn to Dante for a similar reason as say Dante is drawn to Beatrice? In ether worlds, because he can't help himself?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88627944669735033952011-04-06T09:28:09.617-07:002011-04-06T09:28:09.617-07:00"This is good for us, as it will provide our ..."This is good for us, as it will provide our players an extra three weeks to work on the weakest part of their game, which is their age. That and their size. Thus, if we continue practicing during the spring break, and if we try real hard, there's a good chance that when the second half begins, our players will be three weeks older."<br /><br />ROFLOL (and trying to assure co-workers there's no need for alarm).<br /><br />Sorry, been there twice. Lol. <br /><br /><i>"In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.-- Aeschylus"</i><br /><br />Who knew Aeschylus coached pee-wee too?<br /><br />Ok, back to reading.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60724271088502524132011-04-06T09:17:40.961-07:002011-04-06T09:17:40.961-07:00It kind of sounds like Earth is a symbol for Purga...It kind of sounds like Earth is a symbol for Purgatory.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60830814803907012372011-04-06T09:09:40.021-07:002011-04-06T09:09:40.021-07:00We are in Purgatory specifically to purge ourselve...<i>We are in Purgatory specifically to purge ourselves of our own darkness. As we do, our days grow longer and our nights shorter until we reach our summa vocation. </i><br /><br />Oh, that makes sense! I hadn't even thought about the length of the day there.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com