tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8837024814264292528..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Resistance Training For Spiritual Strength and EnduranceGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59662091149631317812010-03-22T07:48:49.408-07:002010-03-22T07:48:49.408-07:00Because we can!Because we can!NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64716877868649147702010-03-21T14:58:13.629-07:002010-03-21T14:58:13.629-07:00We must qualify the nature of resistance; there ar...We must qualify the nature of resistance; there are two sorts, one being the useless kind you bring upon yourself by making careless errors, and the other is that supplied by Fate for training purposes.<br /><br />Happenstance that comes out of nowhere despite your due vigilance and care is likely instructional and therefore it is an "exam" you are being asked to take.<br /><br />Forgetting your mate's birthday or anniversary for the second or third time is the kind of ridiculous trouble that can be avoided by paying attention.Krakow bottom feedernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77526673769684516262010-03-21T14:22:07.761-07:002010-03-21T14:22:07.761-07:00Gagdad said "Stratford Caldecott Beauty for T...Gagdad said "Stratford Caldecott Beauty for Truth's Sake..."<br /><br />Ah... <i>come on!</i> Sheesh... my book wish list grows another book longer (but this one is moving up to the top of the list... right up my alley).Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76793739096595557572010-03-21T14:22:00.866-07:002010-03-21T14:22:00.866-07:00Historical reality is less "real" than t...<i>Historical reality is less "real" than the profound truth it expresses, and which myths likewise express; a mythological symbolism is infinitely more "true" than a fact deprived of symbolism.... </i><br /><br />We are a living parable right now. This day. The story is in the midst of its telling. Which hard lesson will be taught?<br /><br />wv says "ending".<br />I jest not.<br /><br />JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20777072685755089682010-03-21T14:04:03.261-07:002010-03-21T14:04:03.261-07:00"Could there actually be any excellence in th..."Could there actually be any excellence in the world in the absence of resistance? To put it another way, could any useful thought be produced if we all lived in the friction-free land of the tenured?"<br /><br />Talk about a self demonstrating statement - as no useful thoughts are produced there - Nope.<br /><br />I remember that quote by Magnus... a real Bell thrummer.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22428446088628258422010-03-21T11:58:40.854-07:002010-03-21T11:58:40.854-07:00The world's resistance is like the abrasive gr...The world's resistance is like the abrasive grains on sandpaper, or like the blows of the smiths hammer on the iron, or like water coursing over the stone riverbed..<br /><br />The world is designed to craft and then polish an utterly beautiful soul into existence, and that takes resistanceOpen Trenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354412002318534131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76861655734359139462010-03-21T11:09:29.387-07:002010-03-21T11:09:29.387-07:00Pondering the at-rest state of the elements in the...Pondering the at-rest state of the elements in the example, and the unavoidable contrast with elements in motion. Tidal waves, mudslides, volcanoes.<br /><br />When to resist, when to step aside and watch, watch and pray that we're not in the path.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19580348036824847412010-03-21T10:33:32.451-07:002010-03-21T10:33:32.451-07:00Yes, you're right mushroom. I stated it wrong...Yes, you're right mushroom. I stated it wrong. I was just mixing in all of Bob's recent observations about the darkness of sin and the fallenness of humankind--it's not what we were created for, and the fact that we grieve I think shows it so. I don't believe it is our "natural" (as in created, intended) state. We have not arisen from an animal state so much as we have fallen to its depth. <br /><br />But you're right, the analogy is the righteous having to live by faith in a world *system* that prefers the darkness.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77869558909063647402010-03-21T10:24:28.737-07:002010-03-21T10:24:28.737-07:00Maybe I misunderstood. If you are talking about r...Maybe I misunderstood. If you are talking about resistance to moving toward God, then, yes, it is the sea anchor of the old nature holding us back. Like that scene in <i>Master and Commander</i> where they have to cut the broken rigging loose (and a poor sailor with it) to keep the ship from going down in a storm.<br /><br />However, my first thought was with regard to all the resistance the righteous get from the world system -- "in the world you shall have tribulation" and all.<br /><br />I am perhaps, as word veri suggests, <i>gueni</i> this morning.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51556084183459466812010-03-21T10:16:07.289-07:002010-03-21T10:16:07.289-07:00O, Susannah, no.O, Susannah, no.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33879092289208457772010-03-21T10:16:01.738-07:002010-03-21T10:16:01.738-07:00To Susannah re:
" I would point out, though,...To Susannah re:<br /><br />" I would point out, though, that the resistance we encounter is not a "natural" occurrence, but a telling sign that we are out of joint with nature's God."<br /><br />Not to be nit picky, but shouldn't it be that we are out of joint with God's nature?Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77828353485641436402010-03-21T10:06:02.530-07:002010-03-21T10:06:02.530-07:00I love Magnus's analogy. I would point out, t...I love Magnus's analogy. I would point out, though, that the resistance we encounter is not a "natural" occurrence, but a telling sign that we are out of joint with nature's God. I believe our capacity for grief is the most significant sign of this. It wasn't intended to be this way.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77762337242724360792010-03-21T10:01:12.961-07:002010-03-21T10:01:12.961-07:00This book I'm reading by Stratford CaldecottBe...This book I'm reading by Stratford Caldecott<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1587432625?tag=onecosmos-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1587432625&adid=14VFX0DRKVN07J5ZS8NH&" rel="nofollow">Beauty for Truth's Sake</a>, does a wonderful job of explaining just how much the Logos speaks to us through the world, and just how much precious human reality we lose when we fail to see things that way.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15235989710617244852010-03-21T09:51:16.372-07:002010-03-21T09:51:16.372-07:00Would the physical world at times be trying to thr...Would the physical world at times be trying to throw huge hints at us, or are we just in the gnosis-with-the-mostest?<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8578576.stm" rel="nofollow">Iceland is burning.</a><br /><br />.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87812267980337821412010-03-21T09:24:00.860-07:002010-03-21T09:24:00.860-07:00This 'early raccoon' found this to be a wo...This 'early raccoon' found <a href="http://cornerstone-forum.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-are-early-christians.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> to be a worthwhile, complimentary companion to today's coonmentary on our playful mythsemantician.<br /><br />and <br /><br />[May our play today include prayers for wisdom for members of Congress so today will not go down in history as the day that led to the death of millions more innocent children.]Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2020826403010135152010-03-21T09:10:57.666-07:002010-03-21T09:10:57.666-07:00To Gagdad and Jack
I will try this approach while...To Gagdad and Jack<br /><br />I will try this approach while raking and bagging leaves. So far its boring repetitive sledding.Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-494720423279939272010-03-21T09:03:51.177-07:002010-03-21T09:03:51.177-07:00MOTT:
...[T]he first and fundamental principle of...MOTT:<br /><br />...[T]he first and fundamental principle of esotericism (i.e. of the way of experience of the reality of the spirit) can be rendered by the formula:<br /><br />Learn at first the concentration without effort; transform work into play; make every yoke that you have accepted easy and every burden that you carry light!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43195602525600441612010-03-21T09:01:48.751-07:002010-03-21T09:01:48.751-07:00Plus, as the rabbis have always known, scripture i...Plus, as the rabbis have always known, scripture is full of Wordplay, so we should join the fun and play back.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10768328040510295542010-03-21T08:55:16.578-07:002010-03-21T08:55:16.578-07:00Oh, I think he does. Thus Jesus' statements a...Oh, I think he does. Thus Jesus' statements about being childlike (not childish). This itself is remarkable, given how poorly children were regarded in the ancient world. But for a child, play is their <i>work</i>, and vice versa. We should be the same.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72251142085145291082010-03-21T08:38:05.380-07:002010-03-21T08:38:05.380-07:00In coonclusion, God is not so much a rigid mathema...In coonclusion, God is not so much a rigid mathematician as a playful mythsemantician.<br /><br />Ever wonder if He just wants us to play with Him?Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.com