tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post9118499104654472253..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Blogging Under the InfluenceGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26598063100585008732008-06-17T08:39:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:39:00.000-07:00I bow, corrected, Petey!Ooom, Om on the range...I bow, corrected, Petey!<BR/>Ooom, Om on the range...USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6890230899036517412008-06-17T08:19:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:19:00.000-07:00You mean no place like OMMMMMMMM?You mean no place like OMMMMMMMM?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52173874594455061612008-06-17T08:18:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:18:00.000-07:00BTW Bob, that Kerouc is one funny dude! :^)BTW Bob, that Kerouc is one funny dude! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65761553126192311882008-06-17T08:17:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:17:00.000-07:00Bob- Well, perhaps there was a few seeds sown...Wh...Bob- Well, perhaps there was a few seeds sown...<BR/><BR/>When I got back here I felt like Dorothy (in a manly way, of course).<BR/>There's gno place like home, there's no place like home! LOL!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49676192952253513702008-06-17T08:04:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:04:00.000-07:00Poop washes off but Maya remains.So does the surpr...Poop washes off but Maya remains.<BR/><BR/>So does the surprise I felt so long ago.<BR/><BR/>Yet that point for point alignment with whatever is under has to be true or else the success of science is a truly elaborate and apparently limitless hoax. I am in engineering, a related business, and I know the search and research guys are at least as sincere as any other group of seekers. Perhaps there is a hoax played on us, but I have never found God's play to show that kind of heartlessness.<BR/><BR/>It is a matter of faith for me that God isn't that kind of cold trickster. Indeed coyote has a heart. The tricks are there but warm. The cold stuff isn't found in a bag of tricks but arises from the necessities of world creation.<BR/><BR/>I am a designer and know how hard it is to avoid painting myself into creative corners with only a few parameters. Imagine trying to juggle sesquiquadrillions.<BR/><BR/>The grieving God is real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26742984817157516212008-06-17T07:06:00.000-07:002008-06-17T07:06:00.000-07:00Robin: reminds us not to 'look for signs and wonde...Robin: reminds us not to 'look for signs and wonders' - we'll 'see' them, alright, won't we?Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80801055799414305512008-06-17T06:46:00.000-07:002008-06-17T06:46:00.000-07:00Bob:There is an elliptical curve in apparently los...Bob:<BR/><BR/>There is an elliptical curve in apparently lost lives, no?<BR/><BR/>My better half was on the freeway two days ago. There was a man prone on the side. She stopped, and as she said to me, poked him with her foot. She was on 911 the whole time. The woman on the other end told Lisa to get back in her car and lock her doors.<BR/><BR/>The stiff arms of the apparant corpse on the side of the road began moving again. He was alive. He's in a hospital now.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79839567280940776842008-06-17T06:10:00.000-07:002008-06-17T06:10:00.000-07:00Ben--I have no excuse, except that I am completely...Ben--<BR/><BR/>I have no excuse, except that I am completely caught up with my work (which happens about twice a year), plus the Dodgers & Lakers had the day off. So I had nothing else to do but try to pull some souls out of the water. Then I remembered: <I>you can't save a drowning man unless he wants to be.</I><BR/><BR/>D'oh!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51885807193974838302008-06-17T01:30:00.000-07:002008-06-17T01:30:00.000-07:00Okay, I was commenting under the influence.Not rea...Okay, I was commenting under the influence.<BR/>Not really, but like Julie said last week, it's hard not to watch a train wreck. <BR/>Or somethin' like that. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I have (temporarily) come to my senses, and decided I didn't have time to spare for those who are that dumb and happy to wallow in ignorance that is beyond wrong. <BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, it's fun to watch Bob work, but the patients kept right on babbling and throwing feces. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think I would've preferred to watch a real train wreck instead. <BR/>Must be what Van felt like debating those Amazon kooks awhile back. <BR/>Hi Van! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38081320812743307232008-06-16T22:02:00.000-07:002008-06-16T22:02:00.000-07:00Simple fun with maya.Simple fun with <A HREF="http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot1.html" REL="nofollow">maya</A>.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8484348163936185202008-06-16T18:22:00.000-07:002008-06-16T18:22:00.000-07:00"...you'll know him when you see him" not Peter, ..."...you'll know him when you see him" not Peter, the Dad/Hook.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7606220680989921672008-06-16T18:19:00.000-07:002008-06-16T18:19:00.000-07:00Christopher said "It is in that kind of revision t...Christopher said "It is in that kind of revision to space/time that Maya will be found."<BR/><BR/>Better yet, look in your hand.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71881749781702416672008-06-16T18:15:00.000-07:002008-06-16T18:15:00.000-07:00Gagdad Bob said "No. But we have seen Peter Pan on...Gagdad Bob said "No. But we have seen Peter Pan on DVD 73 times."<BR/><BR/>Heh... I got you trumped 3 times over - and that's just the Disney animated movie - the live action one's been about worn out too(not the abominable Robin Williams one, the <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Widescreen-Jason-Isaacs/dp/B0001HAISG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1213665277&sr=1-1" REL="nofollow">one with Jason Isaacs</A>-you'll know him when you see him)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59933451372064399792008-06-16T17:57:00.000-07:002008-06-16T17:57:00.000-07:00"Under the Bleachers by C. Moore Ringtails" has me..."Under the Bleachers by C. Moore Ringtails" has me giggling! Until I read your comment on Dylan and Blanchette. Bravo, mushroom!<BR/><BR/>Smoov, what the 'shroom said.<BR/><BR/>:o)Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29960654402058631812008-06-16T15:55:00.000-07:002008-06-16T15:55:00.000-07:00Maya: When there is a well placed snake in the fo...Maya: When there is a well placed snake in the forest holding really still and you are not thinking "snake" then you see a stick. When the snake is not poisonous and you pick it from the rear end it defecates in your hand and gets away. The surprise you get is precisely the same quality as the surprise of what is real revealed behind the play of Maya. A stick that poops in your hand is an odd thing.<BR/><BR/>That actually happened to me when I was a lad.<BR/><BR/>I am sure that the distinction between illusion and hallucination is critical. There is point for point something real behind all points of the play of Maya.<BR/><BR/>Maya is not a quality decision like good and evil but more in the nature of a geometric mathematical issue, human consciousness not able to match the curled up dimensionality that extends beyond the four dimensional space/time. String theory points the way in the latest human grasping for truth and it requires something called extra dimensions (really tiny and curled up). It is in that kind of revision to space/time that Maya will be found.<BR/><BR/>Or else look in the heart with the assistance of God's eyes. Maya is immediately apparent in such a vision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25081160249253641022008-06-16T13:55:00.000-07:002008-06-16T13:55:00.000-07:00Blanchette as Dylan would just leave me too confli...Blanchette as Dylan would just leave me too conflicted. I love Cate and I love Bob, but in totally different ways. <BR/><BR/>Buy the convertible.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82367071227262829642008-06-16T13:47:00.000-07:002008-06-16T13:47:00.000-07:00Yes, that is actually the real meaning of "maya" -...Yes, that is actually the real meaning of "maya" -- not so much illusion as just relative. In Christian terms, it would be analogous to "there is none good but God."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11318776089122364982008-06-16T13:43:00.000-07:002008-06-16T13:43:00.000-07:00"Who Goosed the Nous?" I think I read that. Or w..."Who Goosed the <I>Nous</I>?" I think I read that. Or was that "Under the Bleachers" by C. Moore Ringtails?<BR/><BR/><I>"Reality" is "that by virtue of which we exist" (Schuon). In turn, renouncing the illusion -- or let us say, derivative nature -- of existence returns us to the Real.</I><BR/><BR/>I like "derivative nature" much better than illusion. "Illusion" has connotations and baggage that can get you on the wrong track and you wind up writing "The Secret".mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10697004912010340842008-06-16T12:53:00.000-07:002008-06-16T12:53:00.000-07:00I have come so far and grown so much. I can't eve...I have come so far and grown so much. I can't even begin to describe it. It's amazing what happens when you start eating good food. Thanks all.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03149296283560293988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69875144666334709662008-06-16T11:53:00.000-07:002008-06-16T11:53:00.000-07:00Here's part of what I understand so far:Reductioni...Here's part of what I understand so far:<BR/><BR/>Reductionism is unintelligible becaue it is self-refuting. If I press the conjecture that all can be reduced to random fluctuation, then my own conjecture is thus undermined. If I am right, then nothing is reliable -- including my own argument.<BR/><BR/>Our ability to reflect, appreciate art, nature, children, etc. indicates or points to our role as reflectors or "mirrors" of principles which are Divine. When we look to the highest art, the most subline natural tableaux, or the unfolding miracle of a child -- we cannot (nobody, anywhere on the planet) can account for such things in the world without invoking transcendant principles. We need transcendence to account for that which is experienced as sublimity.<BR/><BR/>There's much more. But I've nailed those few points. Where should I go from here, 'Coons?Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5453877101209895872008-06-16T11:04:00.000-07:002008-06-16T11:04:00.000-07:00My girlfriend has girlfirneds with 2 and 3 year ol...My girlfriend has girlfirneds with 2 and 3 year olds. 73 times seems about right.<BR/><BR/>Absolutely <I>proving</I> that one can crawl through the space behind the couch -- and emerge westward laughing uproriously -- seems to be another timeless pleasure for those still below three feet in stature...Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39222425299793838232008-06-16T10:44:00.000-07:002008-06-16T10:44:00.000-07:00Giddy-up!Giddy-up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88132149055593633982008-06-16T10:38:00.000-07:002008-06-16T10:38:00.000-07:00An.other worldly post; that is, what a gritty/ gid...An.other worldly post; that is, what a gritty/ giddy revelation of you Awake in Spirit post this is!QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827536245376441948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2354177627292082062008-06-16T10:10:00.000-07:002008-06-16T10:10:00.000-07:00Wrong, grasshopper! Nonlocal connection instantan...Wrong, grasshopper! Nonlocal connection instantaneous! Take no time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60706351217493095772008-06-16T09:49:00.000-07:002008-06-16T09:49:00.000-07:00You fastest gun with the link in the land.You fastest gun with the link in the land.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com