tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post7283992109840834658..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: If Nothin' Ain't Broken, Can't Nobody be FixedGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50606889925487784372011-11-04T09:02:49.317-07:002011-11-04T09:02:49.317-07:00(Oops - we're both on the wrong thread here; f...(Oops - we're both on the wrong thread here; for some reason, William commented on Wednesday's post...)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9787176901664840832011-11-04T09:02:02.110-07:002011-11-04T09:02:02.110-07:00Oh, right - just because it's flat-out crazy, ...Oh, right - just because it's flat-out crazy, doesn't mean it isn't perfectly logical <i>to him</i>. Guess I learned something useful from the Bomford after all...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31687098421829111352011-11-04T06:10:36.028-07:002011-11-04T06:10:36.028-07:00No one simply walks into Hillsdale.No one simply walks into Hillsdale.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42450250167793320622011-11-04T05:58:59.139-07:002011-11-04T05:58:59.139-07:00Heh, ditto on all points.
;-)Heh, ditto on all points.<br /><br />;-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-117195239715696382011-11-04T05:45:34.341-07:002011-11-04T05:45:34.341-07:00So it all worked out in the end.So it all worked out in the end.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29662193604235155402011-11-04T05:44:35.633-07:002011-11-04T05:44:35.633-07:00However, given my high school grades, not to menti...However, given my high school grades, not to mention my utter lack of interest in school, that would have been out of the question.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39557284765908952562011-11-04T05:42:38.445-07:002011-11-04T05:42:38.445-07:00If there's one regret I have in life, it's...If there's one regret I have in life, it's not having attended a place like Hillsdale College, instead of having to spend years undoing my college indoctrination and discovering all this stuff on my own. Since I was in graduate school until 32, I got a very late start at my recovery.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42552169068980056362011-11-04T05:34:13.382-07:002011-11-04T05:34:13.382-07:00Yep, here's today's 'First Principles ...Yep, here's today's 'First Principles on First Fridays' <a href="http://kirbycenter.hillsdale.edu/page.aspx?pid=786" rel="nofollow">“Is the Electoral College Outdated?”</a> (correct answer: No).<br /><br />The one I mentioned with Spalding (and Arn also), was called "Reviving the Constitution", and is still available, if you click on the "Programs" tab, along with many others.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18160505519482737702011-11-04T05:21:26.684-07:002011-11-04T05:21:26.684-07:00Anna, L'll second that. l've been catching...Anna, L'll second that. l've been catching as many of their webinars as possible, since the first one I remember hearing of, with Matthew Spalding "we still hold these truths", and they've all been very well worth my time.<br /><br />Sounds like yours was an in person event? Iknow that several groups of our people in the St.Louis area get together at someone's house, and a couple orgs will air them in their halls, but live, on your pc or with others , well worth the tiime - it's never been schlock, always something meaty to chew on, without being full of themselvees.<br /><br />Btw, I think there's one today... and usually available for a few days after on web.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79180557202639459052011-11-04T00:12:57.473-07:002011-11-04T00:12:57.473-07:00I should specify - the evening was at no cost for ...I should specify - the evening was at no cost for the attendees. It was at great cost however for somebody. It was the kind of evening that could have carried a hefty price tag to get in the door. I didn't want to leave off the acknowledgment that this was the case.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26260432038235822812011-11-03T23:42:20.644-07:002011-11-03T23:42:20.644-07:00I just returned from a local Hillsdale College eve...I just returned from a local Hillsdale College event at which the president, Larry Arnn, spoke. I highly, highly recommend attending such an event. The invitation came through the Imprimis email mailing list. And the coffee afterward with dessert was great! There was a light dinner/snack buffet before Larry Arnn spoke and dessert afterward. Each attendee received a copy of his new book. It was all complimentary, at no cost. The general company was one of the best parts of the evening, as was the content of the content-rich speech. He was right there with Polanyi and the hierarchy of the universe/reality. It was an excellent, if somewhat short, lecture. If you subscribe to Imprimis and you get an invitation to a local Hillsdale meeting, and are wondering whether or not to go, I heartily recommend it!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46073438083139463552011-11-03T17:40:46.308-07:002011-11-03T17:40:46.308-07:00Thanks, Julie, Mush.Thanks, Julie, Mush.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35460997568807544072011-11-03T16:19:54.701-07:002011-11-03T16:19:54.701-07:00not 'news' anymore but nonetheless interes...not 'news' anymore but nonetheless interesting perhaps earthshaking or universe-altering:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gone-in-60-nanoseconds/2011/10/06/gIQAf1RERL_story.html" rel="nofollow">“We don’t allow faster-than-light neutrinos in here,” says the bartender.<br /><br />A neutrino walks into a bar.</a>gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23012455490772295812011-11-03T13:16:41.067-07:002011-11-03T13:16:41.067-07:00Way to go, Rick!
Wounds:
But he was wounded fo...Way to go, Rick!<br /><br />Wounds: <br /><br /><i>But he was wounded for our transgressions;<br />he was crushed for our iniquities;<br />upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,<br />and with his stripes we are healed.</i> (Isaiah 53:5)mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23223163052847920322011-11-03T11:38:31.106-07:002011-11-03T11:38:31.106-07:00Apropos, this moment of revelation over at Gerard&...Apropos, this moment of revelation over at Gerard's:<br /><br /><i><a href="http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/grace_notes/ordinary_heroes_come_out.php" rel="nofollow">This morning I think</a>, "A couple of seconds either way and I would have missed thanking the man who saved my life."<br /><br />And I think, "What did that mean? What could it possibly mean? Does it mean something or is it just random?"<br /><br />The only answer I have so far is, "I. Don't. Know. </i>'Step by step, rung by rung....' "juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52098478216697064842011-11-03T11:37:27.566-07:002011-11-03T11:37:27.566-07:00Awesome post Bob. I think it is time to dust off ...Awesome post Bob. I think it is time to dust off my copy of MOTT. I'm emptier now more will get through.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03149296283560293988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27596378585063442392011-11-03T11:28:18.493-07:002011-11-03T11:28:18.493-07:00Rick, Why just this very morning came to me the en...Rick, <i>Why just this very morning came to me the ending of my book.</i><br /><br />Woohoo!<br /><br />John, <i>This makes me wonder about devices like prayer wheels, prayer flags.</i><br /><br />UF discusses this issue in a later chapter of the book. Or more broadly, he discusses the idea many have that if they just follow a rote system, device or formula, they will achieve "success". Instead, such practitioners run the risk of putting their faith in the formula instead of in that to which it points. Here again, the problem becomes one of interrupted respiration. <br /><br />Of course there's nothing wrong with using such things, no more than it's wrong to contemplate an iconic image - provided that one does not mistake the image nor the process for the reality.<br /><br />Gabe - agreed. Also, I don't think you've mentioned him here before, but you'll find a few George MacDonald fans hereabouts.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32188960913082487662011-11-03T10:51:24.845-07:002011-11-03T10:51:24.845-07:00"Blessed are those who tolerate the ambiguity..."Blessed are those who tolerate the ambiguity of facts, that they may penultimately reveal principles, and principles that they may ultimately reveal their Origin."<br /><br />Thanks for this. You should post it on the masthead.<br /><br />Prayer is not for God's sake, but for our own. The damage wrought by the penetration of Marxism into the mind of Western man is no where better illustrated than when the moderns condescend to mock the Creator for, in their eyes, demanding attention and flattery. True selflessness is completely incomprehensible to them, and as they are, they think all must be. So they think that, if there is a God, He must be a jerk and want nothing to do with Him. <br /><br />George MacDonald had some interesting ideas about the nature of sleep (did I bring that up here already? I'll look it up if not). The senses as wounds is a new thought to me. Wounds which tell us that the physical world is real, not a construction of our mind, and reminding us of our our mortal finitude.Gabe Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958214257606957422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83887291781998985592011-11-03T10:50:42.253-07:002011-11-03T10:50:42.253-07:00"The point is, as Schuon once put it, "p..."The point is, as Schuon once put it, "prayer fashions man." In a way, man is nothing but a prayer placed in the middle of nowhere, a prayer which ascends to the heavens and links the above and below. Man's very verticality -- however conceptualized -- is a prayer, don't you see? And if there were nothing at the other end of our verticality, man as such truly would be a hopeless prayer, just a long bomb hurled by inconscient matter into the cosmic dead end zone."<br /><br />For those tempted to ask, am I, 'But <i>what</i> is it?", comes the better reply, 'Not 'What is it', but 'Why it <i>is</i>'.<br /><br />It is also perhaps worth being mindful of, that what you pray for, tells much about why you are who you are... and as an asnide, when praying, do you pray, or prey?<br /><br />wv:emile<br />There's a lesson for us all... a cautionary tale I do rue so.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36018979268738810622011-11-03T10:49:46.123-07:002011-11-03T10:49:46.123-07:00Thanks, John.
Yes, I left the ending up to my Supe...Thanks, John.<br />Yes, I left the ending up to my Superiors.<br />Now to remain as patient while writing the next 80,000 or so of it.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30384927483214979962011-11-03T10:09:11.619-07:002011-11-03T10:09:11.619-07:00Bob sez:
"In prayer, something departs from u...Bob sez:<br />"In prayer, something departs from us, but returns somehow transformed. <br /><br />The point is, as Schuon once put it, "prayer fashions man."<br /><br />Does prayer always have to be an effort of will? I think it does. It's never 'easy' (mindless, automatic?) for me. Yes, among other benefits, it's an alignment process. If you are trying to pray throughout the day how far can you stray?<br /><br />This makes me wonder about devices like prayer wheels, prayer flags. If they serve as reminders they may be good. If they are a way to automate the process, well, maybe that defeats the purpose.<br /><br />Rick, that's good news about your book. You started without an ending in mind? Interesting.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607964922479543670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6623242215871649992011-11-03T09:47:24.931-07:002011-11-03T09:47:24.931-07:00Holy Cow whata post!
And then..
"UF points o...Holy Cow whata post!<br /><br />And then..<br />"UF points out that true intellectual or creative work is a prayer. It is fueled by the faith and hope that one's efforts are guided by an end that can only be dimly intuited at the start, never "seen."<br /><br />Why just this very morning came to me the ending of my book. The whole thing. The why and the how and the what. We waited so long. Knew it would arrive. Just knew it!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87784783044838810762011-11-03T09:16:26.570-07:002011-11-03T09:16:26.570-07:00There is a reason why the blue states are blue: no...<i>There is a reason why the blue states are blue: no spiritual oxygen. When someone has a dead relationship with the Creator, one must always inquire into what it is that the person is projecting into him, i.e., the actual source of the deadness.</i><br /><br />I'm reminded of the devout atheists who rage and scoff at the bearded guy in the sky, or the "sky fairy," while giving ironic hipster homage to the flying spaghetti monster. Whatever god it is they don't believe in, chances are pretty good that I don't believe in it either.<br /><br /><i>Blessed are those who tolerate the ambiguity of facts, that they may penultimately reveal principles, and principles that they may ultimately reveal their Origin. When the world of facts embraces the world of principles, that is a prayer come true. </i><br /><br />Or again (if memory serves), "to be long multiple is to be deeply one..."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com