tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3334459805686790378..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Change, Growth, and MetamorphosisGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9858806964317758712007-06-05T05:36:00.000-07:002007-06-05T05:36:00.000-07:00Walt,Thanks for the Mars link. Oooh! and Ahhh! pre...Walt,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Mars link. Oooh! and Ahhh! pretty pics.<BR/><BR/>The planets and stars are never off-topic!Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82972491967100421942007-06-05T04:34:00.001-07:002007-06-05T04:34:00.001-07:00Okay, okay. I happen to think that both TV man and...Okay, okay. I happen to think that both TV man and Kundalingus man deserve responses, even though I don't feel particularly qualified to give them. <BR/><BR/>TVM, It seems like you're externalizing a "problem" with the developmental immaturity of the average Joe, half of whom are below average.<BR/><BR/>KM, SAA, pretty much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82336107860444500032007-06-05T04:34:00.000-07:002007-06-05T04:34:00.000-07:00Go mince somewhere else.Go mince somewhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76735405893056050452007-06-04T22:47:00.000-07:002007-06-04T22:47:00.000-07:00I got deleted earlier, but Kama Shootya believes t...I got deleted earlier, but Kama Shootya believes the point is important enough to attempt again (perhaps in a softcore version?)<BR/><BR/>Lefties seem to exalt sex (even same sex sex)--but for all the wrong (political) reasons.<BR/><BR/>Raccoons should exalt sex for the right reason--it is a potent avenue for spiritual growth.<BR/><BR/>How? Kundalini/chi/prana. Sex when done right is an amplifier of these energies,and once they are obtained they can be used to reach for 0 (the other 0, that is)<BR/><BR/>That is what the kids should learn. Not to be shied away from. Sex is to express love, to reproduce, and to reach for God.<BR/><BR/>The proper age to teach about sex is about 10 when the first stirrings begin.<BR/><BR/>Gay sex is the question and why I posted. Male/female energy works synergistically. How about male/male? Anyone have any experience/knowledge of this?<BR/><BR/>Don't be shy. This blog can break new ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31588398710337610582007-06-04T20:04:00.000-07:002007-06-04T20:04:00.000-07:00I had mentioned DeviantArt the other day, and Some...I had mentioned DeviantArt the other day, and <A HREF="http://www.biggercheese.com/index.php?comic=699" REL="nofollow">Someone knows what I'm talkin' about.</A><BR/><BR/>Yes... Nobody... wins.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88588330010729739812007-06-04T19:07:00.000-07:002007-06-04T19:07:00.000-07:00RE the Powerline and New Criterion pieces…“The pro...RE the Powerline and New Criterion pieces…<BR/><BR/>“The problem is, of course, that if you happen to care about art and culture, then exhibitions like “the green house” are more ghastly than humorous…that uses and abuses the prestige of art to promote work and attitudes whose goal is the destruction of everything that makes art worth pursuing.”<BR/><BR/>Hear, hear.<BR/><BR/>Bad art is not just plain ugly, it’s lazy.<BR/>But not just anyone can do it, mind you. Only a select few are willing to stoop so low.<BR/>Fortunately, for them, not many are willing to do this. It is their job security. Little competition…except for those who insist they can stoop the lowest.<BR/><BR/>But I wonder if the bad art makers realize that they depend on the Good, the True and the Beautiful? You see, this is how they know when they are doing theirs ‘right’ which is to say, doing it wrong. They think of something good and then do the opposite.<BR/><BR/>In their attempts to destroy Art by attaching the label to what they do, and redefining Art, they are simply making an easier go for the next Art “messiah” who must surely be on his way. The next Michelangelo or Rembrandt will just shine so much brighter compared to their dull constructs.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43918584150013774992007-06-04T19:01:00.000-07:002007-06-04T19:01:00.000-07:00Susannah--Yes, now I have no idea how my mother di...Susannah--<BR/><BR/>Yes, now I have no idea how my mother did it -- four boys separated by 12 years, the last three (including me) in a 4.5 year span of time. No dishwasher, all meals prepared from scratch, no Pampers, no children's TV... I don't think we even had a drier until about 1964...<BR/><BR/>The horror!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27108172223913493402007-06-04T18:42:00.001-07:002007-06-04T18:42:00.001-07:00Ah, two-year-olds. They are amazing, delightful a...Ah, two-year-olds. They are amazing, delightful and, yes, occasionally exasperating. We've been through five...going on the sixth. I have a great series of framed pictures of my first 2yo on top of Stone Mountain doing the very dance you describe, Bob. It's wonderful. :)<BR/><BR/>None of 'em ever had a puppy to dance with, though. I've informed DH I don't intend to potty train children and puppies at the same time. Later, when the kids are old enough to do *all* the work. <BR/><BR/>Blessings on you, Bob; you've got your work cut out for you.<BR/><BR/>(Imagine being the septuplet family. <I>Seven two-year-olds, 24/7.</I> Only for a year, though. Whew.)Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76803805624668479002007-06-04T18:42:00.000-07:002007-06-04T18:42:00.000-07:00Ah, Ben, so glad to hear the good news!Ah, Ben, so glad to hear the good news!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61309920251167286682007-06-04T18:35:00.000-07:002007-06-04T18:35:00.000-07:00Dilys,You can do a basic search of Tarot on Amazon...Dilys,<BR/>You can do a basic search of Tarot on Amazon.<BR/>Although it is basic, it must be digital there. I wonder if they have plans for these digital version beyond this snappy feature on their site.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49031198922307989342007-06-04T18:07:00.000-07:002007-06-04T18:07:00.000-07:00Anonymous, do you never tire of your platitudes? ...Anonymous, do you never tire of your platitudes? As Jack Kerouac taught us, disabling your inner literary critic is not synonymous with enlightenment. Try expressing yourself in a manner proportionate to that of which you presume to speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37621093383222877622007-06-04T17:54:00.000-07:002007-06-04T17:54:00.000-07:00Both the ancient esoteric understanding and the mo...Both the ancient esoteric understanding and the modern quantum understanding is that all beings and all phenomena, whether mental or material, are actually temporary states of atomic energy or light.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, individual beings, experiences, and worlds themselves are, each and all, only temporary events, or moments of the everlasting play of energy. But since all phenomena are always changing and passing into new forms or states of energy, all beings, human or otherwise, since they are only energy itself, will also be conserved forever, although forever in new constantly changing forms.<BR/><BR/>All phenomena are made of transparent fields of apparent "particles" of energy that are suspended in "space" and moving about in mysterious and ever-changing associations with one another.Thus even the empirical "self", or the total body-mind, is viewed or understand as a transparent field of suspended particles or vortexes of energy. The body-mind is mostly "space", and its suspended particles are controlled by invisible flows of pervasive magnetic and electronic energy. And the difference between the particles that compose the body-mind and those that compose the world "outside" is not any longer profound. The space between the particles of the body-mind and the space between the particles of the world are the same continous absolute space.<BR/><BR/>Consciousness is limited only to the degree that it identifies with the solid personal appearance of the body-mind, the world, and the conventions of psycho-physical experience. The deeper the personal consciousness ebters into its psycho-physical situation, the more its perceptions and conceptions project beyond the limited self into psychically expanded space-time phenomena. When there is intuitive penetration of the total body-mind, the solid or objective world, and all of the limits of experience, it is Realized that consciousness is Infinite.<BR/><BR/>And then there is simply and only Love, Humour, Happiness, Delight, Wisdom, Strength, Freedom, and the spontaneous non-strategic capacity to Serve all living beings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77107693459743573532007-06-04T17:50:00.000-07:002007-06-04T17:50:00.000-07:00Rather not in the vein of art discussed in the New...Rather <I>not</I> in the vein of art discussed in the New Criterion article that Bob linked, here is a catalog from the University of Arizona containing 72 pages (!) of photos from Mars.<BR/>Yours for the <A HREF="http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/katalogos.php" REL="nofollow"> clicking.</A>walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18318092805548812132007-06-04T17:37:00.000-07:002007-06-04T17:37:00.000-07:00If ever there were words that describe the society...If ever there were words that describe the society we see around us, it could be these:<BR/><BR/>"...modern man turns the cosmos upside down, horizontal change replaces vertical metamorphosis as the highest value...which rapidly creates conditions in which everything becomes a thrilling race to the bottom to determine who is highest..." <BR/><BR/>Heh, <I>right away</I> I'm thinking about all the concern over Ms Hilton's first night in jail. This, of course, shows that <I>I</I> am a "modern man," as well!<BR/><BR/>For the B'ob has written, "If he is not transcending himself, then he will sink beneath himself."walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25239874172814172022007-06-04T17:33:00.000-07:002007-06-04T17:33:00.000-07:00"Boredom is a form of suffering that we very much ..."Boredom is a form of suffering that we very much want to avoid so we keep ourselves interested in what is out there."<BR/><BR/>True, very true. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to have to ask you to leave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66256140788086752082007-06-04T17:20:00.000-07:002007-06-04T17:20:00.000-07:00Human existence bereft of higher understanding and...Human existence bereft of higher understanding and actual spiritual realization is in general afflicted by suffering which is manifested as boredom, doubt, and discomfort.<BR/><BR/>The usual man maintains an ordinary level of anxiety or a kind of tension in which to try avoid being overcome by the feelings of boredom, doubt and discomfort. That generally is all that motivates the usual man. <BR/><BR/>Boredom is a form of suffering that we very much want to avoid so we keep ourselves interested in what is out there. We console ourselves with beliefs, most of which just plain old aint true, to avoid doubt. And we indulge ourselves physically in food,sex,alcohol,drugs and so forth to avoid discomfort. Such is the limit of aspiration of almost everyone, with very rare exceptions.<BR/><BR/>Growth! What growth? <BR/><BR/>Chronic addiction to all of that gross self indulgence gradually causes the native integrity of the bodily being to disintegrate.<BR/><BR/>When did you ever see TV inviting the non-discriminating everyman (its target audience) to grow. <BR/>On the contrary its function is only to sell products of all kinds to overcome or alleviate boredom, doubt, and discomfort.That is entirely what TV produced "culture" is all about. And that collective TV produced "intelligence" now rules the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4534460187373509642007-06-04T16:33:00.000-07:002007-06-04T16:33:00.000-07:00Smoov,For general information, here are Fair Use g...Smoov,<BR/><BR/>For general information, here are <A HREF="http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm#test" REL="nofollow">Fair Use guidelines</A> for assorted purposes.<BR/><BR/>It's considerably more complex than the existence of a copyright, especially when distribution is temporary and access is limited to a very, very small group (transcribers only) for study purposes. Of course, everyone should use his own informed judgment about all such matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38177126137363106842007-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:002007-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:00susannah,My original post started out with that ve...susannah,<BR/><BR/>My original post started out with that very same verse from Daniel Amos. I scratched it in favor of brevity. What a great song, though!<BR/>I've performed it many times at retreats.<BR/><BR/>:o)Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88334876041590996892007-06-04T15:28:00.000-07:002007-06-04T15:28:00.000-07:00Ben -Get some video of Skully's unadulterated danc...Ben -<BR/><BR/>Get some video of Skully's unadulterated dance, for later!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16252374763332175842007-06-04T15:22:00.000-07:002007-06-04T15:22:00.000-07:00Ben:Glad to hear things are looking up for you and...Ben:<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear things are looking up for you and Patti!Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37647589883044965782007-06-04T14:57:00.000-07:002007-06-04T14:57:00.000-07:00Crypticlife,I believe Bob attempted to express the...Crypticlife,<BR/>I believe Bob attempted to express the spirit of the times, as it were, with that phrase. He has written fairly clearly elsewhere about sexuality and two of its objectives: 1) The obvious benefit of bringing about the next generation, and 2) the far from obvious mystical union of the two complementary aspects of the Absolute.<BR/><BR/>The reason why most mystics are very negative to homophilia is not that it is icky, but that they very much doubt that a man can truly embody the female principle or a woman the masculine.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80364234104577090952007-06-04T14:43:00.000-07:002007-06-04T14:43:00.000-07:00My fellow Raccoons, Brothers and Sisters under the...My fellow Raccoons, Brothers and Sisters under the pelt:<BR/>My gratitude for you is beyond words (and I don't have time to find the thesaurus in a feeble attempt to express my thanks more properly)!<BR/><BR/>From my heart, my soul and mind, frm my spirit to yours, I offer my Eternal gratitude and prayers of God's blessings for your Loving kindness, which includes your edifying and energizing prayers, and your most generous donation of material treasure (btw, Skully has been dancing the unadulterated sailor dance of joy over the booty)!!!<BR/><BR/>I am feeling your prayers in my spirit, and my mind, heart and body, and you are literally sustaining me and "that ain't no BS!" (as Skully would say)!<BR/><BR/>When I get more time, I intend to thank y'all personally, and I have a shipload to say about Bob and Will's masterpieces the last 4 days, as well as the very deep and thought provoking comments that is the expected and much anticipated "norm" and "trademark" of Raccoon contemplation, meditation, true communication designed to edify, to build up and in, as we share our ideas, experiences and realizations (IOW, O-->k choral)!<BR/><BR/>Darn! I'm runnin' outta time...<BR/><BR/>Patti is feeling a bit better today, but she's still hurtin',<BR/>mostly at night. Tomorrow she'll see the ortho doc.<BR/>Today I'm runnin' down a few leads on a newly used ship for Skully.<BR/><BR/>I love you guys and gals!!<BR/>God bless you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79206955719272444802007-06-04T14:14:00.000-07:002007-06-04T14:14:00.000-07:00"sexuality has no proper end"Ummm. . . it doesn't?..."sexuality has no proper end"<BR/><BR/>Ummm. . . it doesn't? Hopefully you shall discover the proper end some time prior to changing diapers ;)CrypticLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05313033952671292402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4110176135320921202007-06-04T13:37:00.000-07:002007-06-04T13:37:00.000-07:00"What happened to the explorer, the adventurer and..."What happened to the explorer, the adventurer and the conquestor who constantly seeks for new treasures?! I just don't get it..."<BR/><BR/>That reminds me of when Patrick Stewart spoke out against space exploration. Some people just don't want there to be anything more.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4104167049810550942007-06-04T13:34:00.000-07:002007-06-04T13:34:00.000-07:00dilys,An electronic version would be great, but is...dilys,<BR/><BR/>An electronic version would be great, but isn't MOTT still in copyright? I don't think it is kosher to transcribe or otherwise copy the book...Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.com