tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5318084187322120332..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Immortality, While You Wait!Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-346454597051797682012-08-01T11:51:23.431-07:002012-08-01T11:51:23.431-07:00Mushroom @ 7/31/2012 09:51:00 AM, Bingo! Or as Ben...Mushroom @ 7/31/2012 09:51:00 AM, Bingo! Or as Ben says, 'Nothin' personal, just isness.'Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68425472831333273272012-08-01T11:34:24.696-07:002012-08-01T11:34:24.696-07:00"Marx then tossed Hegel out of the equation a..."Marx then tossed Hegel out of the equation and replaced him with "history," which ends in socialist man -- i.e., of "God damn America!," of "I just want to spread it around," and "you didn't build that!" The descent to pure Ø is complete, and Genesis has been fulfilled yet again."<br /><br />Now there's a lesson in History that should not only be taught, but learned.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38267692532112765922012-08-01T11:20:07.294-07:002012-08-01T11:20:07.294-07:00"For the Creator isn't really doing anyth..."For the Creator isn't really doing anything to you; rather, he's just giving you the courtesy of letting you know what happens when you do it to yourself. If it has never happened to you, you haven't assimilated the memO, so it will keep happening until you do. <br /><br />Do what? Stop collapsing O and Ø, ya' knucklehead!"<br /><br /> <br />Not <i>there's</i> a Life lessOn!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62639554860682842662012-08-01T11:04:00.745-07:002012-08-01T11:04:00.745-07:00"For what was the source of Adam's fall? ..."For what was the source of Adam's fall? Really, it was a result of presuming to ascend too high, thus collapsing the existential tension between O and Ø. In pretending to become more than what he is, he becomes less than that: "you shall be as gods" = "you are cursed more than all cattle." In other words: for trying to steal all the slack, I give you none! For dust you are, and to dust you shall return, (•) to Ø."<br /><br />Cause and effect.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85925427715771041322012-08-01T04:50:46.349-07:002012-08-01T04:50:46.349-07:00"Thus man, because he lives in the in-between..."Thus man, because he lives in the in-between, is aware of Death and of Immortality like nobody's isness."<br /><br />Nothin' personal, just isness.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65404393882479919762012-07-31T20:01:07.348-07:002012-07-31T20:01:07.348-07:00Good piece and good summary: "A son has been...Good piece and good summary: "A son has been born.... It is the most important thing there is.”Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76449803934099777942012-07-31T15:49:00.538-07:002012-07-31T15:49:00.538-07:00worth a gander if not a goose: New Yorker article ...worth a gander if not a goose: New Yorker article on<br /><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/07/02/120702crat_atlarge_menand?currentPage=all" rel="nofollow">James Joyce</a>gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24603548585747759872012-07-31T13:27:11.701-07:002012-07-31T13:27:11.701-07:00"Stop collapsing O and Ø, ya' knucklehead..."Stop collapsing O and Ø, ya' knucklehead!"<br /><br />I sense a great truth here. Just gonna take awhile to metabolize it.<br /><br />Mush, the Psalm you mentioned reminds me of the works of A. E. Newman. He was influential in forming my world view when I was a ute.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42364074751106663342012-07-31T10:56:13.817-07:002012-07-31T10:56:13.817-07:00That reminds me of a Neatorama post from a couple ...That reminds me of a <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/28/why-we-tolerate-obvious-inequality/" rel="nofollow">Neatorama post</a> from a couple of days ago. To a great many people, it is a mystery why we tolerate inequality. I can only think these must be the same people who have never grown past their feelings of envy...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48691967099183444592012-07-31T10:47:02.623-07:002012-07-31T10:47:02.623-07:00Or, all men are created equal. So long as man doe...Or, all men are created equal. So long as man doesn't force them to be.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82057283307198213762012-07-31T10:44:35.219-07:002012-07-31T10:44:35.219-07:00Thus, as described yesterpost, there is always a t...<i> Thus, as described yesterpost, there is always a temptation to collapse this tension if the two aren't "held firmly apart."</i><br /><br />For some reason, this makes me think of what happens when someone's lungs collapse. The opposing sides are never supposed to touch, and once they do the act of breathing becomes pretty much impossible. It is the dynamic space within that allows life to flourish.<br /><br />Mushroom - timely observation; thanks.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88091516795862853732012-07-31T09:51:39.956-07:002012-07-31T09:51:39.956-07:00One of the worst things that can happen to a perso...One of the worst things that can happen to a person is to lose hope. I know because I have done that. But the reason I lost hope was because I somehow managed to convince myself that I was responsible for everything. It is a dangerous position for humanity. <br /><br />When you start thinking you are causing droughts and heat waves and hurricanes or that you can control national economies when the majority of academic elites have to have accountants balance their checkbooks and the Treasury Secretary can't figure how to run Turbo Tax, you risk finding yourself in that outer darkness where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, e.g., the Democrat Convention. <br /><br />Seriously, I have pretty well ceased to worry everything except people who worry too much.<br /><br />Psalm 37:7-9<br /><i><br />Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!</i><br /><br /><b>Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.</b><br /><i><br />For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.</i>mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9588550322324161162012-07-31T09:32:33.984-07:002012-07-31T09:32:33.984-07:00For the Creator isn't really doing anything to...<i>For the Creator isn't really doing anything to you; rather, he's just giving you the courtesy of letting you know what happens when you do it to yourself.</i><br /><br />Indeed. You are preaching better than we are amening. It's the heat.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.com