Sunday, July 31, 2011

Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Digest for minds-eye@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic

the learning and sharing the expriience of the eyes' and you mind is all worship if done in truth and faith for to better our race the human race!

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 3:56 AM, pol.science kid <r.freebird@gmail.com> wrote:
why is this in Digest for minds eye.... and not in the worship post......


On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:47 PM, paradox <eadoherty@hotmail.com> wrote:
Well...that sounds pretty straightforward to me :)



On Jul 31, 6:35 am, Johanna <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Biochemical implications? Really? Dear gabbydott, my life did not begin in a
> petri dish. The subject of this thread was about worship. I was trying to
> explain that my form of worship is gratitude. You my friend, attempted to
> humiliate me by stating that I pray before meals. Well let me be more clear.
> I'm thankful for everything I experience, including the ability to
> occasionally dine in fine restaurants. But importantly, I'm thankful the
> right to feel every emotion there is.... because that my dear is what we all
> have in common, emotions. Put that in your petri dish and study it!
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <minds-eye+noreply@googlegroups.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> >   Today's Topic Summary
>
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/topics
>
> >    - Worship <#13178ffe3b493de6_group_thread_0> [3 Updates]
>
> >   Topic: Worship<http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/t/d633e7ffa9e9365>
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:33PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    No. It's random and has only happened 3 times. I do not meditate or
> >    even seek spiritual enlightenment. I'm just living my life like
> >    everyone else.
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:35PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    It wasn't meant to remind anything to anyone. I was only sharing my
> >    experience. I'm sorry if you found it too rudimentary.
>
> >    gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> Jul 30 01:18AM +0200 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    I was wondering wether you were discussing the biochemical implications
> >    of
> >    your experiences - that is why i asked. The judgement is of course
> >    solely
> >    upon you.
> >    Am 30.07.2011 00:08 schrieb "Jo" <jojocasame...@gmail.com>:- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -



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Re: [Mind's Eye] Digest for minds-eye@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic

Ah, I'm not so sure about the common emotions, but I believe in common sense. 
No humiliation intended from my side, Johanna.

A belated welcome to Minds Eye! :)


On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Johanna <jojocasamento@gmail.com> wrote:
Biochemical implications? Really? Dear gabbydott, my life did not begin in a petri dish. The subject of this thread was about worship. I was trying to explain that my form of worship is gratitude. You my friend, attempted to humiliate me by stating that I pray before meals. Well let me be more clear. I'm thankful for everything I experience, including the ability to occasionally dine in fine restaurants. But importantly, I'm thankful the right to feel every emotion there is.... because that my dear is what we all have in common, emotions. Put that in your petri dish and study it!

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <minds-eye+noreply@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Group: http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/topics

 Topic: Worship
    Jo <jojocasamento@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:33PM -0700 ^
     
    No. It's random and has only happened 3 times. I do not meditate or
    even seek spiritual enlightenment. I'm just living my life like
    everyone else.
     

     

    Jo <jojocasamento@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:35PM -0700 ^
     
    It wasn't meant to remind anything to anyone. I was only sharing my
    experience. I'm sorry if you found it too rudimentary.
     

     

    gabbydott <gabbydott@gmail.com> Jul 30 01:18AM +0200 ^
     
    I was wondering wether you were discussing the biochemical implications of
    your experiences - that is why i asked. The judgement is of course solely
    upon you.
    Am 30.07.2011 00:08 schrieb "Jo" <jojocasamento@gmail.com>:

     



[Mind's Eye] Re: Enlightenment

I played at a 'tidal club' Para - as far from the sea as you can get
in England, but tidal nonetheless. Very hard to describe the 'tidal'
conditions, but it would all start with the kind of rip-snorter Swanny
got in the current Test. When I was still young enough to bowl chin
music we'd have the other side's batsmen remembering urgent
appointments and driving off without taking their turn. The trick at
these times was to bowl slower and just let the pitch spit the ball at
the poor sod batting. When batting you had to give up playing forward
and only play square of the wicket to get runs - the game was turned
upsidedown. We beat a few county sides on that track thanks to the
'tide'. The tide seemed to be inspired by using the heavy roller at
tea. Great days. We won a championship on the last day on a tide
pitch after the opposition were 72 for none chasing 80 to win.

On Jul 31, 9:06 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sold! I'll take them all! Lol.
>
> On Jul 31, 8:35 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > There's a lingerie football league and beach volley ball, etc.
> > Seriously, sports are often a ballet of form and extraordinary display
> > of what the body/mind is capable of. It's real- versus paintings or
> > statues of nudes at a museum. And the horses! :-)
>
> > On Jul 30, 7:31 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Err, yeah...might depend on the sport in my case, rigsy :)
>
> > > On Jul 30, 8:31 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Also football uniforms. Well, we are admiring bodies and physiques in
> > > > sports, aren't we? :-)
>
> > > > On Jul 29, 2:39 pm, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I've always thought that baseball players have an interesting sense of
> > > > > dress style, rigsy; somewhat "hugging"? :)
>
> > > > > On Jul 29, 2:21 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > We have baseball. :-)
>
> > > > > > On Jul 28, 4:42 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Lol. Yeah, i've seen some innovation in rugby, for sure.
>
> > > > > > > Well, cricket is one sport that i am passionate about (at least as far
> > > > > > > as i can be passionate about sport). It's at once a game of supreme
> > > > > > > patience and incredible reaction speed. You have the batsman who, with
> > > > > > > the right "guard" and standing perfectly motionless, is practically
> > > > > > > impenetrable, against a bowler and 10 strategically placed teammates
> > > > > > > who patiently and cleverly induce the batsman to make a "false" stroke
> > > > > > > with ever so subtle changes in the speed, flight, movement, trajectory
> > > > > > > and/or spin of the ball. When it happens, it can be a beautiful
> > > > > > > thing :)
>
> > > > > > > On Jul 28, 7:23 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Until I came to Europe I never was a fan of any sport, since I have become a fan of rugby ,, ever since I watched a man fall on the ball with the other team piled on top.  But his legs were sticking out of the pile. So his mates (6) grabbed his legs and used him like a wheel barrow. As for cricket,, I have never gotten it wrapped around my mind.
> > > > > > > > Allan
>
> > > > > > > > On 27 jul. 2011, at 17:42, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > I thought that Relativity was pretty revolutionary, actually; less
> > > > > > > > > "fundamental" than perhaps String Theory, but frame shifting for sure.
>
> > > > > > > > > So, you're a rugby man, eh? I'm more cricketer myself; all that
> > > > > > > > > physical contact would have strained my control beyond breaking
> > > > > > > > > point :)
>
> > > > > > > > > Btw, your ballet's not at all lacking :)
>
> > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 5:35 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >> The point, Para, is not that Einstein is bull, but that interpreting
> > > > > > > > >> Relativity as 'new physics' always was.  I did my dancing on the rugby
> > > > > > > > >> field so you can expect my ballet to be clumsy!  Chemistry is more my
> > > > > > > > >> line, but Ludwig and Snell satisfy me that the 'paradigm' stuff is
> > > > > > > > >> wonky.  I suspect we are collectively very dumb as an alternative to
> > > > > > > > >> enlightenment concepts - most people don't learn much.  Thus they
> > > > > > > > >> remain prey to the Old One.  Indeed, it's the propaganda of the Old
> > > > > > > > >> One that prevents enlightened society, aimed as it is at the dumb.  I
> > > > > > > > >> believe this may be what leaves us with only the worst of democracy.
> > > > > > > > >> There has been no enlightenment,only some space developed away from
> > > > > > > > >> the old Idols.
>
> > > > > > > > >> On Jul 26, 1:01 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > >>> Not sure of what you mean. Do you want e-books to be controlled in
> > > > > > > > >>> content? Take history, for a long time it was written by the winners/
> > > > > > > > >>> colonists, etc. until the "losers" started publishing their stories/
> > > > > > > > >>> recollections. A good example is "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee".
> > > > > > > > >>> There are countless books/ personal confessionals (St. Augustine,
> > > > > > > > >>> Newman, C.S. Lewis, etc.) that have inspired others- perhaps readied
> > > > > > > > >>> them for a personal journey of their own. The "enlightenment" is not
> > > > > > > > >>> always religious/spiritual- there are the arts of man/women which also
> > > > > > > > >>> inspire an individual/society. There is also propaganda and deceit as
> > > > > > > > >>> a path to power.
>
> > > > > > > > >>> On Jul 25, 11:13 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > >>>> LOL. Yeah I am still here,
> > > > > > > > >>>> Enlightenment is a fascinating subject, to me it always will be an experience(s) yet there are may book thumpers thumpers can sight article and books many volumes justifying what they have to say. When you get discussing enlightenment you begin discussing personal experience not that of others.
> > > > > > > > >>>> Putting it simply in my opinion your personal experiences will stand on their own ..
> > > > > > > > >>>> Allan
>
> > > > > > > > >>>> On 25 jul. 2011, at 16:30, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Thing is archytas, though i dont altogether feel "on board" with your
> > > > > > > > >>>>> critical insights, your arguments are resonant and very persuasive :)
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Nice pirouette with "optimism" :)
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>> You think Einstein's work was "bull"? Steady archytas, we have the one
> > > > > > > > >>>>> "heretic" here already...alan? :)
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Thanks for the insights.
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>> On Jul 24, 6:12 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> That's more or less what I mean Para - I certainly no rationalist per
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> se.  The free rider problem is very complicated though, especially
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> since accumulated wealth is now the major 'player'.  I suspect
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> neurocracy and collective stupidity as points for optimism - if we're
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> all planning this mess we're in deep trouble!  What may be depressing
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> is that most people wouldn't want better times - we're so used to
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> false promises there are no stories about what we'd be doing in better
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> times.  I doubt anything rational is other than what emerges as
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> explanations that have been in dialogue, but you quickly learn, doing
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> science, that most people can't hack doing the observations and
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> measurements, let alone internal scrutiny. Some seem to have developed
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> ways with words (sometime figures) almost at a kind of disjuncture
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> with reality there to witness.  I tend to prefer notions like
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> hospitality anbd obligation to ones like charity (Davidson and others
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> in 'radical translation') and stronger notions like communicative
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> action 'extirpating ideology'.  We do seem to get left with choice at
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> some point, but these are often overdone as in 'mechanistic Newton
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> versus new physics Einstein' (bull) - people just don't work hard
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> enough.  Like Orn I've long been fascinated with 'there must be more
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> than this' - but for me the point is there always is more, along with
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> a lot of disappointment that I'm rarely interested in what others are.
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> On Jul 24, 9:56 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> You're nothing if not passionate, archytas :)
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> You cry when Warrington lose? Archytas my friend, you really ought to
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> get out more :)
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> Much of what you say here is good social democratic stuff, though i
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> suspect that a concept of "rational optimism" is something of a
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> misnomer. I admire your optimism, not so sure about the rationality;
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> in Nature, there is no such thing as equality, as you know; and
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> "manufactured" equality only works in rational choice if you fix the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> "free rider" problem; dont know that we have? In any event, quite
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> asides from the intuitive appeal, how do we know that equality in not
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> one of these "states" that "are inexplicable or cannot be
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> demonstrated", that you refer to? To be fair, your argument drifts
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> closer to equality in obligation than to equality in right; which
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> certainly is less problemmatic, certainly laudable.
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> You think we're all "collectively stupid"? That doesn't sound very
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> optimistic, archytas :)
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> On Jul 23, 7:56 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> Equality is difficult if all we do is play with definition.  I see it
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> fairly subjectively as a kind of promise from me to do my best by
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> others when the opportunity presents - but it's also connected with
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> more social rules in place to keep us straight.  Equality didn't make
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> me a better half-back than Alex Murphy, but I got in a few sides as
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> hooker.  We all took the same match-fees back then.  My sister was as
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> good an athlete, but there was no professional sport for women.  Of
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>>> course, it's not in these trivial areas that equality needs to work.
>
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>
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Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Digest for minds-eye@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic

i dont mean to butt in.. but i guess gabby was just kiddin you know... i dont think she meant any insult.....

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 2:27 PM, pol.science kid <r.freebird@gmail.com> wrote:
this is just a general enquiry


On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 2:26 PM, pol.science kid <r.freebird@gmail.com> wrote:
why is this in Digest for minds eye.... and not in the worship post......


On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:47 PM, paradox <eadoherty@hotmail.com> wrote:
Well...that sounds pretty straightforward to me :)



On Jul 31, 6:35 am, Johanna <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Biochemical implications? Really? Dear gabbydott, my life did not begin in a
> petri dish. The subject of this thread was about worship. I was trying to
> explain that my form of worship is gratitude. You my friend, attempted to
> humiliate me by stating that I pray before meals. Well let me be more clear.
> I'm thankful for everything I experience, including the ability to
> occasionally dine in fine restaurants. But importantly, I'm thankful the
> right to feel every emotion there is.... because that my dear is what we all
> have in common, emotions. Put that in your petri dish and study it!
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <minds-eye+noreply@googlegroups.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> >   Today's Topic Summary
>
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/topics
>
> >    - Worship <#13178ffe3b493de6_group_thread_0> [3 Updates]
>
> >   Topic: Worship<http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/t/d633e7ffa9e9365>
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:33PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    No. It's random and has only happened 3 times. I do not meditate or
> >    even seek spiritual enlightenment. I'm just living my life like
> >    everyone else.
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:35PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    It wasn't meant to remind anything to anyone. I was only sharing my
> >    experience. I'm sorry if you found it too rudimentary.
>
> >    gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> Jul 30 01:18AM +0200 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    I was wondering wether you were discussing the biochemical implications
> >    of
> >    your experiences - that is why i asked. The judgement is of course
> >    solely
> >    upon you.
> >    Am 30.07.2011 00:08 schrieb "Jo" <jojocasame...@gmail.com>:- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -



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Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Digest for minds-eye@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic

this is just a general enquiry

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 2:26 PM, pol.science kid <r.freebird@gmail.com> wrote:
why is this in Digest for minds eye.... and not in the worship post......


On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:47 PM, paradox <eadoherty@hotmail.com> wrote:
Well...that sounds pretty straightforward to me :)



On Jul 31, 6:35 am, Johanna <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Biochemical implications? Really? Dear gabbydott, my life did not begin in a
> petri dish. The subject of this thread was about worship. I was trying to
> explain that my form of worship is gratitude. You my friend, attempted to
> humiliate me by stating that I pray before meals. Well let me be more clear.
> I'm thankful for everything I experience, including the ability to
> occasionally dine in fine restaurants. But importantly, I'm thankful the
> right to feel every emotion there is.... because that my dear is what we all
> have in common, emotions. Put that in your petri dish and study it!
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <minds-eye+noreply@googlegroups.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> >   Today's Topic Summary
>
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/topics
>
> >    - Worship <#13178ffe3b493de6_group_thread_0> [3 Updates]
>
> >   Topic: Worship<http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/t/d633e7ffa9e9365>
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:33PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    No. It's random and has only happened 3 times. I do not meditate or
> >    even seek spiritual enlightenment. I'm just living my life like
> >    everyone else.
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:35PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    It wasn't meant to remind anything to anyone. I was only sharing my
> >    experience. I'm sorry if you found it too rudimentary.
>
> >    gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> Jul 30 01:18AM +0200 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    I was wondering wether you were discussing the biochemical implications
> >    of
> >    your experiences - that is why i asked. The judgement is of course
> >    solely
> >    upon you.
> >    Am 30.07.2011 00:08 schrieb "Jo" <jojocasame...@gmail.com>:- Hide quoted text -
>
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Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Digest for minds-eye@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic

why is this in Digest for minds eye.... and not in the worship post......

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:47 PM, paradox <eadoherty@hotmail.com> wrote:
Well...that sounds pretty straightforward to me :)



On Jul 31, 6:35 am, Johanna <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Biochemical implications? Really? Dear gabbydott, my life did not begin in a
> petri dish. The subject of this thread was about worship. I was trying to
> explain that my form of worship is gratitude. You my friend, attempted to
> humiliate me by stating that I pray before meals. Well let me be more clear.
> I'm thankful for everything I experience, including the ability to
> occasionally dine in fine restaurants. But importantly, I'm thankful the
> right to feel every emotion there is.... because that my dear is what we all
> have in common, emotions. Put that in your petri dish and study it!
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <minds-eye+noreply@googlegroups.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> >   Today's Topic Summary
>
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/topics
>
> >    - Worship <#13178ffe3b493de6_group_thread_0> [3 Updates]
>
> >   Topic: Worship<http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/t/d633e7ffa9e9365>
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:33PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    No. It's random and has only happened 3 times. I do not meditate or
> >    even seek spiritual enlightenment. I'm just living my life like
> >    everyone else.
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:35PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    It wasn't meant to remind anything to anyone. I was only sharing my
> >    experience. I'm sorry if you found it too rudimentary.
>
> >    gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> Jul 30 01:18AM +0200 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    I was wondering wether you were discussing the biochemical implications
> >    of
> >    your experiences - that is why i asked. The judgement is of course
> >    solely
> >    upon you.
> >    Am 30.07.2011 00:08 schrieb "Jo" <jojocasame...@gmail.com>:- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -



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[Mind's Eye] Re: Digest for minds-eye@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 1 Topic

Well...that sounds pretty straightforward to me :)

On Jul 31, 6:35 am, Johanna <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Biochemical implications? Really? Dear gabbydott, my life did not begin in a
> petri dish. The subject of this thread was about worship. I was trying to
> explain that my form of worship is gratitude. You my friend, attempted to
> humiliate me by stating that I pray before meals. Well let me be more clear.
> I'm thankful for everything I experience, including the ability to
> occasionally dine in fine restaurants. But importantly, I'm thankful the
> right to feel every emotion there is.... because that my dear is what we all
> have in common, emotions. Put that in your petri dish and study it!
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <minds-eye+noreply@googlegroups.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> >   Today's Topic Summary
>
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/topics
>
> >    - Worship <#13178ffe3b493de6_group_thread_0> [3 Updates]
>
> >   Topic: Worship<http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye/t/d633e7ffa9e9365>
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:33PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    No. It's random and has only happened 3 times. I do not meditate or
> >    even seek spiritual enlightenment. I'm just living my life like
> >    everyone else.
>
> >    Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> Jul 29 01:35PM -0700 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    It wasn't meant to remind anything to anyone. I was only sharing my
> >    experience. I'm sorry if you found it too rudimentary.
>
> >    gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> Jul 30 01:18AM +0200 ^<#13178ffe3b493de6_digest_top>
>
> >    I was wondering wether you were discussing the biochemical implications
> >    of
> >    your experiences - that is why i asked. The judgement is of course
> >    solely
> >    upon you.
> >    Am 30.07.2011 00:08 schrieb "Jo" <jojocasame...@gmail.com>:- Hide quoted text -
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[Mind's Eye] Re: When is a natural disaster a natural disaster?

Lol. Not if the science of longevity has anything to do with it :)

Dont be pessimistic, rigsy; nature does it's thing, as does man; but
it takes the capacity and the will of man to fix.

On Jul 31, 8:38 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When Nature is to blame vs rotten governments/economics? I read the
> population of Africa will rise 49% by 2050 and world population will
> be 9 billion. I'll be dead. :-)
>
> On Jul 30, 7:43 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Listening to some tv coverage of the humanitarian disaster (yet again)
> > unfolding in the Horn of Africa, i learnt from a knowledgeable
> > commentator that in order to respond appropriately, global aid and
> > humanitarian quasi-governmental organisations actually have to
> > classify a disaster by a fatality ratio; which got me thinking. When
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[Mind's Eye] Re: Enlightenment

Sold! I'll take them all! Lol.


On Jul 31, 8:35 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a lingerie football league and beach volley ball, etc.
> Seriously, sports are often a ballet of form and extraordinary display
> of what the body/mind is capable of. It's real- versus paintings or
> statues of nudes at a museum. And the horses! :-)
>
> On Jul 30, 7:31 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Err, yeah...might depend on the sport in my case, rigsy :)
>
> > On Jul 30, 8:31 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Also football uniforms. Well, we are admiring bodies and physiques in
> > > sports, aren't we? :-)
>
> > > On Jul 29, 2:39 pm, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I've always thought that baseball players have an interesting sense of
> > > > dress style, rigsy; somewhat "hugging"? :)
>
> > > > On Jul 29, 2:21 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > We have baseball. :-)
>
> > > > > On Jul 28, 4:42 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Lol. Yeah, i've seen some innovation in rugby, for sure.
>
> > > > > > Well, cricket is one sport that i am passionate about (at least as far
> > > > > > as i can be passionate about sport). It's at once a game of supreme
> > > > > > patience and incredible reaction speed. You have the batsman who, with
> > > > > > the right "guard" and standing perfectly motionless, is practically
> > > > > > impenetrable, against a bowler and 10 strategically placed teammates
> > > > > > who patiently and cleverly induce the batsman to make a "false" stroke
> > > > > > with ever so subtle changes in the speed, flight, movement, trajectory
> > > > > > and/or spin of the ball. When it happens, it can be a beautiful
> > > > > > thing :)
>
> > > > > > On Jul 28, 7:23 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Until I came to Europe I never was a fan of any sport, since I have become a fan of rugby ,, ever since I watched a man fall on the ball with the other team piled on top.  But his legs were sticking out of the pile. So his mates (6) grabbed his legs and used him like a wheel barrow. As for cricket,, I have never gotten it wrapped around my mind.
> > > > > > > Allan
>
> > > > > > > On 27 jul. 2011, at 17:42, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > I thought that Relativity was pretty revolutionary, actually; less
> > > > > > > > "fundamental" than perhaps String Theory, but frame shifting for sure.
>
> > > > > > > > So, you're a rugby man, eh? I'm more cricketer myself; all that
> > > > > > > > physical contact would have strained my control beyond breaking
> > > > > > > > point :)
>
> > > > > > > > Btw, your ballet's not at all lacking :)
>
> > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 5:35 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >> The point, Para, is not that Einstein is bull, but that interpreting
> > > > > > > >> Relativity as 'new physics' always was.  I did my dancing on the rugby
> > > > > > > >> field so you can expect my ballet to be clumsy!  Chemistry is more my
> > > > > > > >> line, but Ludwig and Snell satisfy me that the 'paradigm' stuff is
> > > > > > > >> wonky.  I suspect we are collectively very dumb as an alternative to
> > > > > > > >> enlightenment concepts - most people don't learn much.  Thus they
> > > > > > > >> remain prey to the Old One.  Indeed, it's the propaganda of the Old
> > > > > > > >> One that prevents enlightened society, aimed as it is at the dumb.  I
> > > > > > > >> believe this may be what leaves us with only the worst of democracy.
> > > > > > > >> There has been no enlightenment,only some space developed away from
> > > > > > > >> the old Idols.
>
> > > > > > > >> On Jul 26, 1:01 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > >>> Not sure of what you mean. Do you want e-books to be controlled in
> > > > > > > >>> content? Take history, for a long time it was written by the winners/
> > > > > > > >>> colonists, etc. until the "losers" started publishing their stories/
> > > > > > > >>> recollections. A good example is "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee".
> > > > > > > >>> There are countless books/ personal confessionals (St. Augustine,
> > > > > > > >>> Newman, C.S. Lewis, etc.) that have inspired others- perhaps readied
> > > > > > > >>> them for a personal journey of their own. The "enlightenment" is not
> > > > > > > >>> always religious/spiritual- there are the arts of man/women which also
> > > > > > > >>> inspire an individual/society. There is also propaganda and deceit as
> > > > > > > >>> a path to power.
>
> > > > > > > >>> On Jul 25, 11:13 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > >>>> LOL. Yeah I am still here,
> > > > > > > >>>> Enlightenment is a fascinating subject, to me it always will be an experience(s) yet there are may book thumpers thumpers can sight article and books many volumes justifying what they have to say. When you get discussing enlightenment you begin discussing personal experience not that of others.
> > > > > > > >>>> Putting it simply in my opinion your personal experiences will stand on their own ..
> > > > > > > >>>> Allan
>
> > > > > > > >>>> On 25 jul. 2011, at 16:30, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > >>>>> Thing is archytas, though i dont altogether feel "on board" with your
> > > > > > > >>>>> critical insights, your arguments are resonant and very persuasive :)
>
> > > > > > > >>>>> Nice pirouette with "optimism" :)
>
> > > > > > > >>>>> You think Einstein's work was "bull"? Steady archytas, we have the one
> > > > > > > >>>>> "heretic" here already...alan? :)
>
> > > > > > > >>>>> Thanks for the insights.
>
> > > > > > > >>>>> On Jul 24, 6:12 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >>>>>> That's more or less what I mean Para - I certainly no rationalist per
> > > > > > > >>>>>> se.  The free rider problem is very complicated though, especially
> > > > > > > >>>>>> since accumulated wealth is now the major 'player'.  I suspect
> > > > > > > >>>>>> neurocracy and collective stupidity as points for optimism - if we're
> > > > > > > >>>>>> all planning this mess we're in deep trouble!  What may be depressing
> > > > > > > >>>>>> is that most people wouldn't want better times - we're so used to
> > > > > > > >>>>>> false promises there are no stories about what we'd be doing in better
> > > > > > > >>>>>> times.  I doubt anything rational is other than what emerges as
> > > > > > > >>>>>> explanations that have been in dialogue, but you quickly learn, doing
> > > > > > > >>>>>> science, that most people can't hack doing the observations and
> > > > > > > >>>>>> measurements, let alone internal scrutiny. Some seem to have developed
> > > > > > > >>>>>> ways with words (sometime figures) almost at a kind of disjuncture
> > > > > > > >>>>>> with reality there to witness.  I tend to prefer notions like
> > > > > > > >>>>>> hospitality anbd obligation to ones like charity (Davidson and others
> > > > > > > >>>>>> in 'radical translation') and stronger notions like communicative
> > > > > > > >>>>>> action 'extirpating ideology'.  We do seem to get left with choice at
> > > > > > > >>>>>> some point, but these are often overdone as in 'mechanistic Newton
> > > > > > > >>>>>> versus new physics Einstein' (bull) - people just don't work hard
> > > > > > > >>>>>> enough.  Like Orn I've long been fascinated with 'there must be more
> > > > > > > >>>>>> than this' - but for me the point is there always is more, along with
> > > > > > > >>>>>> a lot of disappointment that I'm rarely interested in what others are.
>
> > > > > > > >>>>>> On Jul 24, 9:56 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> You're nothing if not passionate, archytas :)
>
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> You cry when Warrington lose? Archytas my friend, you really ought to
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> get out more :)
>
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> Much of what you say here is good social democratic stuff, though i
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> suspect that a concept of "rational optimism" is something of a
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> misnomer. I admire your optimism, not so sure about the rationality;
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> in Nature, there is no such thing as equality, as you know; and
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> "manufactured" equality only works in rational choice if you fix the
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> "free rider" problem; dont know that we have? In any event, quite
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> asides from the intuitive appeal, how do we know that equality in not
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> one of these "states" that "are inexplicable or cannot be
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> demonstrated", that you refer to? To be fair, your argument drifts
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> closer to equality in obligation than to equality in right; which
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> certainly is less problemmatic, certainly laudable.
>
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> You think we're all "collectively stupid"? That doesn't sound very
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> optimistic, archytas :)
>
> > > > > > > >>>>>>> On Jul 23, 7:56 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> Equality is difficult if all we do is play with definition.  I see it
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> fairly subjectively as a kind of promise from me to do my best by
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> others when the opportunity presents - but it's also connected with
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> more social rules in place to keep us straight.  Equality didn't make
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> me a better half-back than Alex Murphy, but I got in a few sides as
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> hooker.  We all took the same match-fees back then.  My sister was as
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> good an athlete, but there was no professional sport for women.  Of
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> course, it's not in these trivial areas that equality needs to work.
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> I'm afraid I've met too many 'jerkoffs of inner glow' to spend to much
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> time looking at bandages.  We have a bad record on 'inner reliance' in
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> any simple form - and for that matter I'm currently watching my old
> > > > > > > >>>>>>>> team being slaughtered in the open!  I might
>
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[Mind's Eye] Re: Worship

I do not doubt for one moment that it is, Allan; i have had similar
experiences on quite a number of occasions myself. I asked the
question to get a holistic view of the snapshot of time; i ask myself
the same question of my experiences too.

On Jul 30, 7:42 pm, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Paradox. You are not imagining,  it is very real, you should try it someday.
> Allan
>
> On 29 jul. 2011, at 22:35, Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > It wasn't meant to remind anything to anyone. I was only sharing my
> > experience. I'm sorry if you found it too rudimentary.
>
> > On Jul 29, 1:45 pm, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> You pray before the meals? Yes, that's a good reminder.
>
> >> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> There have been times in my life when every fiber of my being felt
> >>> open and aware of everything in my surroundings, their purpose and
> >>> origins. Aware of people and their complexities. When everything
> >>> suddenly made sense and I felt as if I were tapped into.....
> >>> something. The source? The Universe? God? I don't know. I just know
> >>> that these moments don't last near as long as I would like. I wish I
> >>> could make them happen more often but I can't. And I don't feel that
> >>> there is a Will behind this source. The only Will I sense is my own.
> >>> So I'm very thankful to what ever it is that powers my being. I make
> >>> it a point to express my gratitude several times a day.
>
> >>> On Jul 28, 4:50 pm, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Interesting Jo; how do you imagine our connection to this higher
> >>>> power?
>
> >>>> On Jul 28, 5:53 pm, Jo <jojocasame...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> We never went church while I was growing up. However, I do believe
> >>>>> that a higher power does exist. I also believe that we are somehow
> >>>>> connected to it. Worship for me has always been about giving thanks
> >>>>> and counting my blessings.
>
> >>>>> On Jul 27, 8:25 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>> If we are completely bound by the will of God it follows that
> >>>>>> everything is done by God , and hence it is God who would be
> >>>>>> worshiping God which to me appears ridiculous. If you believe
> >>> yourself
> >>>>>> to be an emanation of God and completely controlled by Him it would
> >>> be
> >>>>>> lack of wisdom to worship Him. God is our innermost being and is not
> >>>>>> separate from us , but you can only worship someone separate from you
> >>>>>> which is inconsistent with our belief that God is our essence. Either
> >>>>>> believe God to be separate from you , in which case it would be
> >>> proper
> >>>>>> to worship Him like loving someone , or believe Him to be your Being
> >>>>>> and hence act with an attitude of equality to all and looking at
> >>>>>> everyone animate or inanimate with an equal eye. As for reaching a
> >>>>>> state of calmness and peace I am far from it but it is my resolve to
> >>>>>> be so.
>
> >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Menfranco Laws <menfra...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>>> I see what you mean and I believe that you have reached a stage of
> >>>>>>> calmness and peace, otherwise you would not have written what you
> >>> have
> >>>>>>> written about we all being part of God in this thread. But I would
> >>>>>>> like to ask you a question to your statement where you say that
> >>> there
> >>>>>>> is no wisdom in worshipping our creator; my objection to that is
> >>> that
> >>>>>>> I believe that man needs to pray God, so that they may feel
> >>> protected
> >>>>>>> from God; I believe that it is one of the needs and the reason why
> >>> we
> >>>>>>> have religions?
>
> >>>>>>> On Jul 26, 4:35 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> I do not say that I have reached a peaceful state , I only say
> >>> that on
> >>>>>>>> gaining knowledge of the Truth one should strive to reach a state
> >>> of
> >>>>>>>> calmness and peace. By Knowledge I mean a logical conclusion about
> >>> the
> >>>>>>>> nature of Reality and not any transcendental experience.
>
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Menfranco Laws <
> >>> menfra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Hi, RP Singh; These are indeed words of wisdom when you say:
> >>> What I
> >>>>>>>>> feel, think and do is totally bound by the spirit within me and
> >>> the
> >>>>>>>>> same is true for everyone else; but then, you assume that you
> >>> are part
> >>>>>>>>> of God and therefore everybody should be or feel that they are
> >>> part of
> >>>>>>>>> God, so in reality you are saying that God is pandemic in nature
> >>> and
> >>>>>>>>> we live within God life force, am I right?
> >>>>>>>>> But, I have to say that not everybody has reached this peaceful
> >>>>>>>>> feeling within them selves that you have achieved, I believe
> >>> that you
> >>>>>>>>> are one of the few that has this feeling about being part of God
> >>> and
> >>>>>>>>> you are blessed, the rest of us just think that we may not be
> >>> worthy
> >>>>>>>>> enough of being part of God, therefore during our lives we are
> >>> trying
> >>>>>>>>> to achieve what you have achieved for yourself and we hope to
> >>>>>>>>> understand you fully when we reach our goal.
> >>>>>>>>> I wish you all the best
> >>>>>>>>> Menfranco
>
> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 24, 6:25 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> What I feel , think and do is totally bound by the spirit
> >>> within me
> >>>>>>>>>> and the same is true for everyone else.  So , if I think of God
> >>>>>>>>>> separate from me I am thinking wrongly ; as our innermost being
> >>> is the
> >>>>>>>>>> same in all and all of us follow his dictates totally there is
> >>> no
> >>>>>>>>>> wisdom in worshiping  our creator as albeit we are Him. It is
> >>>>>>>>>> ignorance to worship yourself. God is in all and it is God who
> >>> does
> >>>>>>>>>> everything as all our bound totally by Him. We should have a
> >>> feeling
> >>>>>>>>>> of love for all as essentially we are one and not harbour
> >>> enemity for
> >>>>>>>>>> those of us who are ignorant of the Truth and enjoy hurting
> >>> others.
> >>>>>>>>>> When a person knows that all are One then he attains a state of
> >>>>>>>>>> calmness and if not he should try to achieve that peaceful
> >>> state. But
> >>>>>>>>>> of course we cannot cut the ties that bind us through this body
> >>> and
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[Mind's Eye] Re: When is a natural disaster a natural disaster?

When Nature is to blame vs rotten governments/economics? I read the
population of Africa will rise 49% by 2050 and world population will
be 9 billion. I'll be dead. :-)

On Jul 30, 7:43 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Listening to some tv coverage of the humanitarian disaster (yet again)
> unfolding in the Horn of Africa, i learnt from a knowledgeable
> commentator that in order to respond appropriately, global aid and
> humanitarian quasi-governmental organisations actually have to
> classify a disaster by a fatality ratio; which got me thinking. When
> is a natural disaster a natural disaster?

[Mind's Eye] Re: Enlightenment

There's a lingerie football league and beach volley ball, etc.
Seriously, sports are often a ballet of form and extraordinary display
of what the body/mind is capable of. It's real- versus paintings or
statues of nudes at a museum. And the horses! :-)

On Jul 30, 7:31 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Err, yeah...might depend on the sport in my case, rigsy :)
>
> On Jul 30, 8:31 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Also football uniforms. Well, we are admiring bodies and physiques in
> > sports, aren't we? :-)
>
> > On Jul 29, 2:39 pm, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I've always thought that baseball players have an interesting sense of
> > > dress style, rigsy; somewhat "hugging"? :)
>
> > > On Jul 29, 2:21 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > We have baseball. :-)
>
> > > > On Jul 28, 4:42 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Lol. Yeah, i've seen some innovation in rugby, for sure.
>
> > > > > Well, cricket is one sport that i am passionate about (at least as far
> > > > > as i can be passionate about sport). It's at once a game of supreme
> > > > > patience and incredible reaction speed. You have the batsman who, with
> > > > > the right "guard" and standing perfectly motionless, is practically
> > > > > impenetrable, against a bowler and 10 strategically placed teammates
> > > > > who patiently and cleverly induce the batsman to make a "false" stroke
> > > > > with ever so subtle changes in the speed, flight, movement, trajectory
> > > > > and/or spin of the ball. When it happens, it can be a beautiful
> > > > > thing :)
>
> > > > > On Jul 28, 7:23 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Until I came to Europe I never was a fan of any sport, since I have become a fan of rugby ,, ever since I watched a man fall on the ball with the other team piled on top.  But his legs were sticking out of the pile. So his mates (6) grabbed his legs and used him like a wheel barrow. As for cricket,, I have never gotten it wrapped around my mind.
> > > > > > Allan
>
> > > > > > On 27 jul. 2011, at 17:42, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > I thought that Relativity was pretty revolutionary, actually; less
> > > > > > > "fundamental" than perhaps String Theory, but frame shifting for sure.
>
> > > > > > > So, you're a rugby man, eh? I'm more cricketer myself; all that
> > > > > > > physical contact would have strained my control beyond breaking
> > > > > > > point :)
>
> > > > > > > Btw, your ballet's not at all lacking :)
>
> > > > > > > On Jul 26, 5:35 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >> The point, Para, is not that Einstein is bull, but that interpreting
> > > > > > >> Relativity as 'new physics' always was.  I did my dancing on the rugby
> > > > > > >> field so you can expect my ballet to be clumsy!  Chemistry is more my
> > > > > > >> line, but Ludwig and Snell satisfy me that the 'paradigm' stuff is
> > > > > > >> wonky.  I suspect we are collectively very dumb as an alternative to
> > > > > > >> enlightenment concepts - most people don't learn much.  Thus they
> > > > > > >> remain prey to the Old One.  Indeed, it's the propaganda of the Old
> > > > > > >> One that prevents enlightened society, aimed as it is at the dumb.  I
> > > > > > >> believe this may be what leaves us with only the worst of democracy.
> > > > > > >> There has been no enlightenment,only some space developed away from
> > > > > > >> the old Idols.
>
> > > > > > >> On Jul 26, 1:01 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > >>> Not sure of what you mean. Do you want e-books to be controlled in
> > > > > > >>> content? Take history, for a long time it was written by the winners/
> > > > > > >>> colonists, etc. until the "losers" started publishing their stories/
> > > > > > >>> recollections. A good example is "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee".
> > > > > > >>> There are countless books/ personal confessionals (St. Augustine,
> > > > > > >>> Newman, C.S. Lewis, etc.) that have inspired others- perhaps readied
> > > > > > >>> them for a personal journey of their own. The "enlightenment" is not
> > > > > > >>> always religious/spiritual- there are the arts of man/women which also
> > > > > > >>> inspire an individual/society. There is also propaganda and deceit as
> > > > > > >>> a path to power.
>
> > > > > > >>> On Jul 25, 11:13 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > >>>> LOL. Yeah I am still here,
> > > > > > >>>> Enlightenment is a fascinating subject, to me it always will be an experience(s) yet there are may book thumpers thumpers can sight article and books many volumes justifying what they have to say. When you get discussing enlightenment you begin discussing personal experience not that of others.
> > > > > > >>>> Putting it simply in my opinion your personal experiences will stand on their own ..
> > > > > > >>>> Allan
>
> > > > > > >>>> On 25 jul. 2011, at 16:30, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > >>>>> Thing is archytas, though i dont altogether feel "on board" with your
> > > > > > >>>>> critical insights, your arguments are resonant and very persuasive :)
>
> > > > > > >>>>> Nice pirouette with "optimism" :)
>
> > > > > > >>>>> You think Einstein's work was "bull"? Steady archytas, we have the one
> > > > > > >>>>> "heretic" here already...alan? :)
>
> > > > > > >>>>> Thanks for the insights.
>
> > > > > > >>>>> On Jul 24, 6:12 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >>>>>> That's more or less what I mean Para - I certainly no rationalist per
> > > > > > >>>>>> se.  The free rider problem is very complicated though, especially
> > > > > > >>>>>> since accumulated wealth is now the major 'player'.  I suspect
> > > > > > >>>>>> neurocracy and collective stupidity as points for optimism - if we're
> > > > > > >>>>>> all planning this mess we're in deep trouble!  What may be depressing
> > > > > > >>>>>> is that most people wouldn't want better times - we're so used to
> > > > > > >>>>>> false promises there are no stories about what we'd be doing in better
> > > > > > >>>>>> times.  I doubt anything rational is other than what emerges as
> > > > > > >>>>>> explanations that have been in dialogue, but you quickly learn, doing
> > > > > > >>>>>> science, that most people can't hack doing the observations and
> > > > > > >>>>>> measurements, let alone internal scrutiny. Some seem to have developed
> > > > > > >>>>>> ways with words (sometime figures) almost at a kind of disjuncture
> > > > > > >>>>>> with reality there to witness.  I tend to prefer notions like
> > > > > > >>>>>> hospitality anbd obligation to ones like charity (Davidson and others
> > > > > > >>>>>> in 'radical translation') and stronger notions like communicative
> > > > > > >>>>>> action 'extirpating ideology'.  We do seem to get left with choice at
> > > > > > >>>>>> some point, but these are often overdone as in 'mechanistic Newton
> > > > > > >>>>>> versus new physics Einstein' (bull) - people just don't work hard
> > > > > > >>>>>> enough.  Like Orn I've long been fascinated with 'there must be more
> > > > > > >>>>>> than this' - but for me the point is there always is more, along with
> > > > > > >>>>>> a lot of disappointment that I'm rarely interested in what others are.
>
> > > > > > >>>>>> On Jul 24, 9:56 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > >>>>>>> You're nothing if not passionate, archytas :)
>
> > > > > > >>>>>>> You cry when Warrington lose? Archytas my friend, you really ought to
> > > > > > >>>>>>> get out more :)
>
> > > > > > >>>>>>> Much of what you say here is good social democratic stuff, though i
> > > > > > >>>>>>> suspect that a concept of "rational optimism" is something of a
> > > > > > >>>>>>> misnomer. I admire your optimism, not so sure about the rationality;
> > > > > > >>>>>>> in Nature, there is no such thing as equality, as you know; and
> > > > > > >>>>>>> "manufactured" equality only works in rational choice if you fix the
> > > > > > >>>>>>> "free rider" problem; dont know that we have? In any event, quite
> > > > > > >>>>>>> asides from the intuitive appeal, how do we know that equality in not
> > > > > > >>>>>>> one of these "states" that "are inexplicable or cannot be
> > > > > > >>>>>>> demonstrated", that you refer to? To be fair, your argument drifts
> > > > > > >>>>>>> closer to equality in obligation than to equality in right; which
> > > > > > >>>>>>> certainly is less problemmatic, certainly laudable.
>
> > > > > > >>>>>>> You think we're all "collectively stupid"? That doesn't sound very
> > > > > > >>>>>>> optimistic, archytas :)
>
> > > > > > >>>>>>> On Jul 23, 7:56 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> Equality is difficult if all we do is play with definition.  I see it
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> fairly subjectively as a kind of promise from me to do my best by
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> others when the opportunity presents - but it's also connected with
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> more social rules in place to keep us straight.  Equality didn't make
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> me a better half-back than Alex Murphy, but I got in a few sides as
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> hooker.  We all took the same match-fees back then.  My sister was as
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> good an athlete, but there was no professional sport for women.  Of
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> course, it's not in these trivial areas that equality needs to work.
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> I'm afraid I've met too many 'jerkoffs of inner glow' to spend to much
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> time looking at bandages.  We have a bad record on 'inner reliance' in
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> any simple form - and for that matter I'm currently watching my old
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> team being slaughtered in the open!  I might wonder what Wigan have
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> been fed on - but we have drug testing.  Some form of equality makes
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> it possible for games like this to take place, even if one side
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> appears so much better than the other.  We are not all born with equal
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> abilities to play rugby league, and its not that kind of equality that
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> interests me (uniformity).  There is a manufactured equality involved
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> that does.
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> That there are ways to
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Former Intel Chief: Call Off The Drone War

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When Bush Sr took over in January 1993, the US Government (USG) had a debt of a trillion dollars. Today it is almost 14.4 trillion that will be jacked up by another two trillion by 2 August 2011. All this money has gone into America's military adventures, that have largely failed. Such adventures will continue to fail but the US establishment, under the absolute control of the Jews will continue on this path.
Where has this 14.4 and the next 2 trillion come from - US Government bonds. The Chinese have about one trillion of these but have slowed down their buying as they know that the USG will not be able to pay them back. The Europeans have some but the major bulk is with the Jews. The Jews run the American Government with this weapon and make their money through the military industrial complex and the lucrative contracts that military adventurism provides.
The world should not expect the USG to change its policies because of what logic and Mr Blair advocate.
Meanwhile states such as California are bankrupt, the infrastructure is breaking down without any resources to rebuild and the path that the mighty British Empire took has been embarked upon.
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July 28, 2011
Wired.com

Former Intel Chief: Call Off The Drone War
(And Maybe the Whole War on Terror)


By Noah Shachtman

ASPEN, Colorado.  Ground the U.S. drone war in Pakistan. Rethink the idea of spending billions of dollars to pursue al-Qaida. Forget chasing terrorists in Yemen and Somalia, unless the local governments are willing to join in the hunt.

Those arent the words of some human rights activist, or some far-left Congressman. They are from retired admiral and former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair the man who was, until recently, nominally in charge of the entire American effort to find, track, and take out terrorists. Now, hes calling for that campaign to be reconsidered, and possibly even junked.

Starting with the drone attacks. Yes, they take out some mid-level terrorists, Blair said. But theyre not strategically effective. If the drones stopped flying tomorrow, Blair told the audience at the Aspen Security Forum, its not going to lower the threat to the U.S. Al-Qaida and its allies have proven it can sustain its level of resistance to an air-only campaign, he said.

Its one of many reasons why its a mistake to have that campaign dominate our overall relations with countries like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Because were alienating the countries concerned, because were treating countries just as places where we go attack groups that threaten us, we are threatening the prospects of long-term reform, Blair said.

The unilateral strikes in Pakistan have to come to an end, he added, and be replaced with operations that had the full cooperation of the government in Islamabad. The effort needed two hands on the trigger, Blair said. And strikes should be launched only when we agree with them on what drone attacks should target.

The statements wont exactly win Blair new friends in the Obama administration, which forced him out of the top intelligence job about a year after he was nominated. Not only has Obama drastically escalated the drone war there have been 50 strikes in the first seven months of this year, almost as many as in all of 2009. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the remotely-piloted attacks the only game in town in terms of confronting or trying to disrupt the al-Qaida leadership.

Plus, American relations with the Pakistani government are at their lowest point in years. And every time Washington tries to tip off Islamabad to a raid, it seems, the targets of the raid seem to conveniently skip town. No wonder the U.S. kept the mother of all unilateral strikes the mission to kill Osama bin Laden a secret from their erstwhile allies in Pakistan.

But Blair believes the cooperation not only with Pakistan, but also with the government in Yemen and with whatever authorities can be found in Somalia is the only way to bring some measure of peace to the worlds ungoverned spaces. We have to change in those three countries, he told the Forum (Full disclosure: Im a moderator on one of the panels here.)

The reconsideration of our relationship with these countries is only the start of the overhaul Blair has in mind, however. He noted that the U.S. intelligence and homeland security communities are spending about $80 billion a year, outside of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Yet al-Qaida and its affiliates only have about 4,000 members worldwide. Thats $20 million per terrorist per year, Blair pointed out.

You think woah, $20 million. Is that proportionate? he asked. So I think we need to relook at the strategy to get the money in the right places.

Blair mentioned that 17 Americans have been killed on U.S. soil by terrorists since 9/11,  14 of them in the Ft. Hood massacre. Meanwhile, auto accidents, murders and rapes combined have killed an estimated 1.5 million people in the past decade. What is it that justifies this amount of money on this narrow problem? he asked.

Blair purposely let his own question go unanswered.

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Ending civil war hasn't worked out like Sudan had hoped
By Alan Boswell


JUBA, South Sudan.  Nearly a month after its breakup with South Sudan, the government of Sudan has seen none of the benefits that it thought would flow from its agreement to end decades of civil war. Instead, the breakup has thrown President Omar al Bashir's regime into disarray.

Far from reaping peace and development for overseeing the partition of his country, Bashir now controls a smaller, weaker version of Sudan besieged by a uniting rebel front and a collapsing economy.

The U.S. government hasn't lifted sanctions imposed on Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism, one of the promises that allowed both the Bush and Obama administrations to broker and then shepherd the peace agreement that led to South Sudan's independence. . . .

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[Mind's Eye] Re: Enlightenment

People had "time to waste" in the good old days! :-) I think ice
hockey requires the most skills of the heavy contact sports and
equipment has vastly improved for some of the more risky sports. There
is a risk of injury in most sports, Name a sport that has no risk or
injuries.//Yes- the cost of sporting equipment is high and so is the
committment and support.//Soccer doesn't do it for me but two children
played- just looks like an exhausting run back and forth= heat
stroke.// Girls are into ice hockey here- I figure skated=different
eras. Now they snowboard- I skied.//Anyway, kids can be injured at a
park on a jungle gym or a bad dive at a pool,etc. Actually, kids put
one on alert 24/7! What about teens driving or on drugs? Or couch
potatoes that turn diabetic and obese?

On Jul 30, 3:41 am, allan deheretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  grew p with it,,  never thought much of it..just a waste of time..   See
> absolutely nothing in baseball am still trying to figure out why people
> watch it..Ice hockey  I am just not into violence..
>
> Soccer playing soccer to avoid injuries,  maybe fewer.. parents
> can afford the safety  equipment.. and shows far better sportsmanship and
> team work a far greater level of physical conditioning.. To put children in
> to they can be physically hurt with injuries that of their at will last them
> the rest of their lives,
> Allan
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 9:49 AM, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I do think football has become the "national pastime" for many but
> > don't count out baseball or ice hockey. Many parents are turning to
> > soccer to avoid injuries so that will blossom. It's all good.
>
> > On Jul 30, 1:29 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I grew up with American football,
>
> > > Allan
>
> > > On 29 jul. 2011, at 15:24, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Most of the boys who played football are pretty beat up as they aged-
> > > > they need new knees, shoulders, etc. Well, anything to smother male
> > > > aggression is a plus- versus the injuries/deaths of wars.
>
> > > > On Jul 27, 6:55 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> I played both Para.  Still have the odd 20 over swipe at cricket.  I
> > > >> played rugby before it got to be so much of a war of attrition.  The
> > > >> toughest physical aspect was often resisting cold rain and wind.
> > > >> My guess on science for many years has been that people doing it have
> > > >> abilities in observation, patience, language and maths others lack.
> > > >> Words and concepts don't work well with most, just habit.  Something
> > > >> else is at work but we don't seem to have contact with it.  Beyond
> > > >> that I don't know but suspect 'knowing stuff certainly" is a major way
> > > >> through which many are convinced by people hooked on being credible
> > > >> and convincing.
>
> > > >> On Jul 27, 4:42 pm, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>> I thought that Relativity was pretty revolutionary, actually; less
> > > >>> "fundamental" than perhaps String Theory, but frame shifting for
> > sure.
>
> > > >>> So, you're a rugby man, eh? I'm more cricketer myself; all that
> > > >>> physical contact would have strained my control beyond breaking
> > > >>> point :)
>
> > > >>> Btw, your ballet's not at all lacking :)
>
> > > >>> On Jul 26, 5:35 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>>> The point, Para, is not that Einstein is bull, but that interpreting
> > > >>>> Relativity as 'new physics' always was.  I did my dancing on the
> > rugby
> > > >>>> field so you can expect my ballet to be clumsy!  Chemistry is more
> > my
> > > >>>> line, but Ludwig and Snell satisfy me that the 'paradigm' stuff is
> > > >>>> wonky.  I suspect we are collectively very dumb as an alternative to
> > > >>>> enlightenment concepts - most people don't learn much.  Thus they
> > > >>>> remain prey to the Old One.  Indeed, it's the propaganda of the Old
> > > >>>> One that prevents enlightened society, aimed as it is at the dumb.
> >  I
> > > >>>> believe this may be what leaves us with only the worst of democracy.
> > > >>>> There has been no enlightenment,only some space developed away from
> > > >>>> the old Idols.
>
> > > >>>> On Jul 26, 1:01 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>>>> Not sure of what you mean. Do you want e-books to be controlled in
> > > >>>>> content? Take history, for a long time it was written by the
> > winners/
> > > >>>>> colonists, etc. until the "losers" started publishing their
> > stories/
> > > >>>>> recollections. A good example is "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee".
> > > >>>>> There are countless books/ personal confessionals (St. Augustine,
> > > >>>>> Newman, C.S. Lewis, etc.) that have inspired others- perhaps
> > readied
> > > >>>>> them for a personal journey of their own. The "enlightenment" is
> > not
> > > >>>>> always religious/spiritual- there are the arts of man/women which
> > also
> > > >>>>> inspire an individual/society. There is also propaganda and deceit
> > as
> > > >>>>> a path to power.
>
> > > >>>>> On Jul 25, 11:13 am, Allan Heretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>> LOL. Yeah I am still here,
> > > >>>>>> Enlightenment is a fascinating subject, to me it always will be an
> > experience(s) yet there are may book thumpers thumpers can sight article and
> > books many volumes justifying what they have to say. When you get discussing
> > enlightenment you begin discussing personal experience not that of others.
> > > >>>>>> Putting it simply in my opinion your personal experiences will
> > stand on their own ..
> > > >>>>>> Allan
>
> > > >>>>>> On 25 jul. 2011, at 16:30, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>> Thing is archytas, though i dont altogether feel "on board" with
> > your
> > > >>>>>>> critical insights, your arguments are resonant and very
> > persuasive :)
>
> > > >>>>>>> Nice pirouette with "optimism" :)
>
> > > >>>>>>> You think Einstein's work was "bull"? Steady archytas, we have
> > the one
> > > >>>>>>> "heretic" here already...alan? :)
>
> > > >>>>>>> Thanks for the insights.
>
> > > >>>>>>> On Jul 24, 6:12 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>> That's more or less what I mean Para - I certainly no
> > rationalist per
> > > >>>>>>>> se.  The free rider problem is very complicated though,
> > especially
> > > >>>>>>>> since accumulated wealth is now the major 'player'.  I suspect
> > > >>>>>>>> neurocracy and collective stupidity as points for optimism - if
> > we're
> > > >>>>>>>> all planning this mess we're in deep trouble!  What may be
> > depressing
> > > >>>>>>>> is that most people wouldn't want better times - we're so used
> > to
> > > >>>>>>>> false promises there are no stories about what we'd be doing in
> > better
> > > >>>>>>>> times.  I doubt anything rational is other than what emerges as
> > > >>>>>>>> explanations that have been in dialogue, but you quickly learn,
> > doing
> > > >>>>>>>> science, that most people can't hack doing the observations and
> > > >>>>>>>> measurements, let alone internal scrutiny. Some seem to have
> > developed
> > > >>>>>>>> ways with words (sometime figures) almost at a kind of
> > disjuncture
> > > >>>>>>>> with reality there to witness.  I tend to prefer notions like
> > > >>>>>>>> hospitality anbd obligation to ones like charity (Davidson and
> > others
> > > >>>>>>>> in 'radical translation') and stronger notions like
> > communicative
> > > >>>>>>>> action 'extirpating ideology'.  We do seem to get left with
> > choice at
> > > >>>>>>>> some point, but these are often overdone as in 'mechanistic
> > Newton
> > > >>>>>>>> versus new physics Einstein' (bull) - people just don't work
> > hard
> > > >>>>>>>> enough.  Like Orn I've long been fascinated with 'there must be
> > more
> > > >>>>>>>> than this' - but for me the point is there always is more, along
> > with
> > > >>>>>>>> a lot of disappointment that I'm rarely interested in what
> > others are.
>
> > > >>>>>>>> On Jul 24, 9:56 am, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> You're nothing if not passionate, archytas :)
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> You cry when Warrington lose? Archytas my friend, you really
> > ought to
> > > >>>>>>>>> get out more :)
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Much of what you say here is good social democratic stuff,
> > though i
> > > >>>>>>>>> suspect that a concept of "rational optimism" is something of a
> > > >>>>>>>>> misnomer. I admire your optimism, not so sure about the
> > rationality;
> > > >>>>>>>>> in Nature, there is no such thing as equality, as you know; and
> > > >>>>>>>>> "manufactured" equality only works in rational choice if you
> > fix the
> > > >>>>>>>>> "free rider" problem; dont know that we have? In any event,
> > quite
> > > >>>>>>>>> asides from the intuitive appeal, how do we know that equality
> > in not
> > > >>>>>>>>> one of these "states" that "are inexplicable or cannot be
> > > >>>>>>>>> demonstrated", that you refer to? To be fair, your argument
> > drifts
> > > >>>>>>>>> closer to equality in obligation than to equality in right;
> > which
> > > >>>>>>>>> certainly is less problemmatic, certainly laudable.
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> You think we're all "collectively stupid"? That doesn't sound
> > very
> > > >>>>>>>>> optimistic, archytas :)
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> On Jul 23, 7:56 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Equality is difficult if all we do is play with definition.  I
> > see it
> > > >>>>>>>>>> fairly subjectively as a kind of promise from me to do my best
> > by
> > > >>>>>>>>>> others when the opportunity presents - but it's also connected
> > with
> > > >>>>>>>>>> more social rules in place to keep us straight.  Equality
> > didn't make
> > > >>>>>>>>>> me a better half-back than Alex Murphy, but I got in a few
> > sides as
> > > >>>>>>>>>> hooker.  We all took the same match-fees back then.  My sister
> > was as
> > > >>>>>>>>>> good an athlete, but there was no professional sport for
> > women.  Of
> > > >>>>>>>>>> course, it's not in these trivial areas that equality needs to
> > work.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> I'm afraid I've met too many 'jerkoffs of inner glow' to spend
> > to much
> > > >>>>>>>>>> time looking at bandages.  We have a bad record on 'inner
> > reliance' in
> > > >>>>>>>>>> any simple form - and for that matter I'm currently watching
> > my old
> > > >>>>>>>>>> team being slaughtered in the open!  I might wonder what Wigan
> > have
> > > >>>>>>>>>> been fed on - but we have drug testing.  Some form of equality
> > makes
> > > >>>>>>>>>> it possible for games like this to take place, even if one
> > side
> > > >>>>>>>>>> appears so much better than the other.  We are not all born
> > with equal
> > > >>>>>>>>>> abilities to play rugby league, and its not that kind of
> > equality that
> > > >>>>>>>>>> interests me (uniformity).  There is a manufactured equality
> > involved
> > > >>>>>>>>>> that does.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> That there are ways to experience and more than the 5 senses
> > we
> > > >>>>>>>>>> generally acknowledge seems clear enough, but much of the
> > stuff we
> > > >>>>>>>>>> come out with trying to explain
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