tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8120399483510094644..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Direction of Truth Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57609669759329097422016-08-30T07:57:09.505-07:002016-08-30T07:57:09.505-07:00"I used it as an occasion to teach him that t..."I used it as an occasion to teach him that there are different planes of existence, and that many people occupy planes hardly above the beasts, whereas all the interesting action occurs on the planes above."<br /><br />If one can even <i>imagine</i> evil, this seems to indicate the existence of God. Paradoxically. For where would a person get such an idea but from God? -- ie. that there are things which are evil, then there must be things which are not: things which are good. I think <i>by definition</i> beasts cannot do this.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31876936483469999412016-08-29T16:20:00.605-07:002016-08-29T16:20:00.605-07:00My 11 year old son is having his doubts about God ...My 11 year old son is having his doubts about God & religion. He noticed that a person he recently met posts only pictures of food on her Instagram account. I used it as an occasion to teach him that there are different planes of existence, and that many people occupy planes hardly above the beasts, whereas all the interesting action occurs on the planes above. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25518271862110380102016-08-29T16:11:14.591-07:002016-08-29T16:11:14.591-07:00Our soul is our tool to make meaning and discover ...Our soul is our tool to make meaning and discover meaning but our soul is an unfinished project that can not be realized without the adventure you talked about. It is both invention and discovery in that domain of adventure, that will help us to move toward our spiritual maturity. One should feel sorry for those who have not learned to guide themselves in the beautiful realm of the divine and not be bitter with them. I was watching the triumph of the will and was asking what kind of triumph is that that led to all that destruction. The real triumph of the human will is when it knows how to aligned itself with the divine will. Religion is a psychological apparatus that help the human to understand himself and to develop his potentials in the light of the light of the divine.. It is an experiential process that is judged by what it accomplishes,by the difference it makes in human affairs,by helping the seeker through oneness to avoid being scattered in the manyness of the world. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180761762279054000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14936281612897459642016-08-29T14:22:34.378-07:002016-08-29T14:22:34.378-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29249496439252607632016-08-29T12:36:47.706-07:002016-08-29T12:36:47.706-07:00sigh. "...what *they* desire..."sigh. "...what *they* desire..."Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90986690312036644232016-08-29T12:35:08.895-07:002016-08-29T12:35:08.895-07:00"...The left's theses are trains of thoug..."...The left's theses are trains of thought that are carefully stopped before they reach the argument that demolishes them. They must not go to where the facts and clues lead, or they would be paralyzed..."<br /><br />Yep, I don't doubt that either. You've probably noticed, that the modernist, especially the Leftist, has no problem doubting anything at all... except what that desire to believe - <i>that </i> is indubitably true, and don't you doubt it!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3789609946658560572016-08-29T12:29:42.406-07:002016-08-29T12:29:42.406-07:00"...Not to bag on the left, but this is what ..."...Not to bag on the left, but this is what they do, and why their worldview is so unavoidably nihilistic (because it flees from real meaning)...."<br /><br />I don't Doubt that. Not one bit.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57031566133524475522016-08-29T12:18:26.237-07:002016-08-29T12:18:26.237-07:00Disunderstanding is another thing entirely, and it...<i>Disunderstanding is another thing entirely, and it is what the left specializes in. It is why they do not deal in arguments, only slander.</i><br /><br />That is a good word. <br /><br />There is no point in trying to explain ourselves to people who call us "literally Hitler" or other names. They are simply trying to cow and bully us into shutting up. Then they declare victory. It has worked for so long, they are going to be pretty upset when we start saying that we just don't care.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79021996876460949422016-08-29T11:53:52.602-07:002016-08-29T11:53:52.602-07:00One of Ibn Arabi's provocative ideas is that i...One of Ibn Arabi's provocative ideas is that it is simultaneously invention and discovery, without it nevertheless being objective and real. I suppose you could say that the discoveries must be clothed in the imaginal. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27239241611213409482016-08-29T11:50:22.748-07:002016-08-29T11:50:22.748-07:00...no single mind can comprehend -- i.e., wrap its...<i>...no single mind can comprehend -- i.e., wrap its mind around -- scripture, and "see it whole," like a painting. Again, it provokes an adventure of endless discovery in its imaginal space.</i><br /><br />If someone had told me, a decade ago, that I would actually <i>enjoy</i> studying the Bible and seeing how it applies to reality here and now, I might well have laughed in his face. Much less any other work pertaining to religion or philosophy.<br /><br />It is indeed an endless discovery.<br /><br /><i>Everything is trivial if the universe is not committed to a metaphysical adventure.</i><br /><br />Just so. One of the horrors of atheism is that it makes the individual responsible for <i>all</i> meaning; a truly impossible burden. What a relief to know that our job is not to invent meaning, but rather to discover it.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83853895237624426662016-08-29T10:34:16.688-07:002016-08-29T10:34:16.688-07:00Not only is the left not progressive, it regresses...Not only is the left not progressive, it regresses to, oh, about <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/08/29/cavemen-politics-healthcare-evolution-instinct-mammoth-socialism-glenn-reynolds/89508852/" rel="nofollow">100,000 years ago</a> They're always building a bridge to the distant past.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.com