tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post39693892912312665..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Bad News About the Good NewsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55292415036064243282017-05-01T12:21:27.404-07:002017-05-01T12:21:27.404-07:00Julie's new book is on my Amazon list. I'...Julie's new book is on my Amazon list. I'll be getting it with my next order.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35395874076860687222017-05-01T10:43:12.898-07:002017-05-01T10:43:12.898-07:00Also, have you read this guy's stuff and want ...Also, have you read this guy's stuff and want to give some more in-depth commentary? It seems a bit fishy to me<br /><br />https://www.amazon.co.uk/Afterlife-Teaching-Stephen-Martyr-Michael/dp/1907661921<br /><br />He wrote a bit about consciousness here:<br /><br />https://sydneytrads.com/2017/04/26/richard-cocks-8/<br /><br />About the consciousness question - my opinion is that if in the end all 'selves' merge back in to the primordial Self, then the whole operation was a failure. <br /><br />I guess this gets back to understanding(s) of the cosmos, the nature of time, etc. It's at part IV where he jumps off into bald assertions. Note that for example, 'simplicity' or "having no parts or boundaries" doesn't follow from being not physical... the soul was believed to be non-physical for a long time but that did not force people to conclude that there was one Soul in all bodies. <br /><br />Man, we need an inquisition.<br />Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58730183643294743412017-05-01T10:33:34.050-07:002017-05-01T10:33:34.050-07:00Oh, Kierkegaard. He successfully de-converted a fr...Oh, Kierkegaard. He successfully de-converted a friend of mine from college. <br /><br />About the 'true and false Christians' thing, I am told that the Manicheans viewed orthodox Christians as 'half christian', that is, not fully Christian. To some, it seems to rankle them that God has any freedom to decide whom he approves of and whom he does not; but that paradoxically he assigned the primary role of this to a bunch of guys without much education. "How can those who merely assent to the dogma of the Church be Christian!??!?!" <br /><br />Brother, get thee to a monastery...Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6123709483791338772017-05-01T07:14:11.107-07:002017-05-01T07:14:11.107-07:00He's a brave man, especially for Canada. I wou...He's a brave man, especially for Canada. I would hate the attention. My ideal would be to become known after I'm safely dead.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41017952052115607912017-05-01T05:29:03.096-07:002017-05-01T05:29:03.096-07:00Shifting gears again, I'm watching this lectur...Shifting gears again, I'm watching <a href="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/29720-Why-to-embrace-your-inner-monster.html#comments" rel="nofollow">this lecture by Prof. Jordan Peterson</a>. He's discussing literature, but also psychology and human development. Theres an interesting observation about how Superman became boring because he was an all-powerful, omniscient, godlike character who always won. It took his weakness - in the form of kryptonite - to make him interesting. Like a dusty window view of the God we actually have, who made himself weak to the point of death in order to be one with us, and us with him.<br /><br />Quite a few of Peterson's lectures are popping up online; he's one of the few tenured today who refuses to bow down to the cult of political correctness. I wonder if his students know how fortunate they are.<br /><br />juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72280107540681704392017-05-01T05:12:10.571-07:002017-05-01T05:12:10.571-07:00Thank you!Thank you!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49783272480890369152017-04-30T15:19:01.334-07:002017-04-30T15:19:01.334-07:00Julie, you are to be commended for your service to...Julie, you are to be commended for your service to God via your talents. The book looks excellent in every respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25011165264233888952017-04-29T16:25:03.390-07:002017-04-29T16:25:03.390-07:00Thanks, Bob and Ted! I'm really happy with thi...Thanks, Bob and Ted! I'm really happy with this one :)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-104450419784285762017-04-29T16:11:58.810-07:002017-04-29T16:11:58.810-07:00Congrats Julie! Nice to see you get your voice out...Congrats Julie! Nice to see you get your voice out there, and especially for children!tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35667687507291096212017-04-29T12:35:41.249-07:002017-04-29T12:35:41.249-07:00Steve, who works at the Institute, is a very crank...Steve, who works at the Institute, is a very cranky old guy, with a very long beard, who recently divulged the following:<br /><br />On choosing between God and the world. That's not how it works.<br />You can state you are choosing between them, and believe you are, but actually everyone is irrevocably owned by God. The world is God too, so choosing that does not change anything. <br /><br />Additionally, Kierkegaard was wrong about individual responsibility. There is no individual responsibility. Nobody is responsible for anything. God alone bears full responsibility for all, down to the smallest details.<br /><br />However, there is such a thing as the quality of the performance. On can, in life, strive to do and be the best one can be, as this is pleasing to God.<br /><br />So pleasing God is the prime motivator, and if you think you've chosen the world, go out and do the best you can to please the world. Make some money. Close some deals. Raise some kids. <br /><br />You'll get full credit for every thing you do well and sincerely.<br /><br />So said Steve. And, he does make a huge amount of money, both for himself and the shareholders of the Institute.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44789446544992594392017-04-29T11:05:56.415-07:002017-04-29T11:05:56.415-07:00Congratulations! You have accumulated a reserve o...Congratulations! You have accumulated a reserve of indulgences, so fire away.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88643498857956826092017-04-29T10:48:02.890-07:002017-04-29T10:48:02.890-07:00Begging your indulgence,
I've got a new book o...Begging your indulgence,<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Cross-Connection-Laura-Rotger/dp/1545382352/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493486904&sr=8-1&keywords=laura+rotger" rel="nofollow">I've got a new book out</a>...<br /><br />Perfect for kids, baptisms, first Communions, etc. We wanted to have it done before Easter, but really it's an any time sort of book.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15600862837920598772017-04-29T10:42:24.118-07:002017-04-29T10:42:24.118-07:00This reminds me of the treason of the intellectual...This reminds me of the treason of the intellectuals by Julien Benda which dovetails serenely in the themes of both of our spiritual heroes. Once one leaves his habitual abode, he finds his soul resonates un-willfully to the vibrations of the words coming out of the spacious hearts of any honest mystics. The intellectuals betrayal starts once their readings and their outputs are done outside the divine circles. There is nothing wrong with the faculty of the intellect or any other faculties which god has endowed the human with to know his way to the truth ,to the understanding, the divine creativity behind everything particularly through the human pnenomenon whose consciousness is the guide to the source of consciousness. Once one fortify his connection to the source, the spaciousness of his perceptual faculties expand to see the truth far away from the blinders of the ego consciousness that often time gets imprisoned in the narrowness of its cultural upbringing. Thank you for the words that help to see the true road. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180761762279054000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26506062856950785912017-04-28T14:12:10.951-07:002017-04-28T14:12:10.951-07:00Ha - he actually used the word "infrarational...Ha - he actually used the word "infrarational." I think you're the only other person I've ever seen use that.<br /><br />Also, it's interesting to peruse the books on the shelf behind him. Moby Dick, the Lennon Letters, and the blue & gold spine to the left of his ear looks very familiar - HvB?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12330587633851035192017-04-28T13:58:24.881-07:002017-04-28T13:58:24.881-07:00Just watched this video by Bishop Robert Barron th...Just watched this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGDDKlXl488" rel="nofollow">video</a> by Bishop Robert Barron that touches on intellect and biblical interpretation. In contrast, Kierkegaard would take the Ralph Reed approach -- only on steroids -- that Barron criticizes. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54876511281548058262017-04-28T13:54:44.383-07:002017-04-28T13:54:44.383-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652102016905951809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81854866654679396402017-04-28T12:31:35.470-07:002017-04-28T12:31:35.470-07:00He has a point there: one can rationalize forever ...<i>He has a point there: one can rationalize forever without taking that final leap, which does indeed require commitment.</i><br /><br />I'm reminded of a discussion during Easter week over at <a href="http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/grace_notes/something_wonderful_molec_1.php" rel="nofollow">Vanderleun's</a>, focused on the complexity of life and how it points to God. An interesting and well thought discussion on both sides, yet somehow it seemed to be completely missing the point. Maybe because it sought to prove God by mere logic, which works about as well as explaining love by its mechanics. Anyway, the atheists are sadly impervious.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37140086981478155892017-04-28T10:12:50.182-07:002017-04-28T10:12:50.182-07:00Schuon: nothingness "can also be applied, qu...Schuon: nothingness "can also be applied, quite paradoxically, to the transcendent or principial order: from the standpoint of the manifested world -- hence from the standpoint of existence in the restricted sense of the term -- all that transcends this world and consequently is free from existential limitations, is 'nothingness.' This is what allows negative expressions such as 'the Void' (Shunya), 'not this, not this' (neti neti), and other terms of the kind to be applied to pure Being, and a fortiori to Beyond-Being. All apophatic theology stems from this principle of terminology."<br /><br />Seems to me that All-Possibility might be another name for Nothing, i.e., the great Nothing-Everything.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-116925920698583022017-04-28T09:27:47.991-07:002017-04-28T09:27:47.991-07:00A lot of the existentialists didn't take their...A lot of the existentialists didn't take their experiment far enough and ended with a void, and never affirmed where the void arises from.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3737628964250329652017-04-28T09:23:43.803-07:002017-04-28T09:23:43.803-07:00Right. It is to make (k) in service of O.Right. It is to make (k) in service of O.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31749560535645214532017-04-28T09:17:30.968-07:002017-04-28T09:17:30.968-07:00He's a loud and persistent protester against P...He's a loud and persistent protester against Protestantism, at least as he experienced it in Denmark. For him, the O of God was being reduced to the (k) of pastors, professors, and theologians. That is indeed always a danger. It is what man does. But the solution isn't to chuck the mind. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43292017836994142882017-04-28T09:11:53.807-07:002017-04-28T09:11:53.807-07:00Interesting. I get the sense that while Kierkegaar...Interesting. I get the sense that while Kierkegaard downplays intellect, he is also not a mystic (in the traditional sense). He seems to intuit there is something beyond reason with faith, but doesn't this just create some deeper concept that still separates one with Being as much as thought does?tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.com