Re: Mind's Eye Re: comforting lie

Also one of my favorite authors, rigsy. Sorry to hear, but his talent
has immortalized him. It lives on.

On Jul 7, 9:34 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd rather be a fallen human, thank you.
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> Some religions have promised is a paradise entered thorugh death- Eden
> becomes pushing up daisies. "Isms" have promised a heaven on earth via
> economic and social reforms- we can see how that has not worked. There
> is no answer.
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> Health and humor help. A wide scope of reading over the centuries.
> Decent weather. Enough love. Enough struggles that test your courage/
> honor ability to solve problems. Acceptance. Gratitude. Luck.
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> Wealth solves nothing- neither do all the other surface gifts the
> world applauds.
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> Aside: Gabriel Garcia Marquez has dementia. At one point I would have
> crawled on my knees to his door! What a writer! What an imagination!
> And he seized the influence of his grandmother to capture his style-
> her "crazy" exaggerations= magical realism, his way. Anyway, I
> respected his love for Mercedes and quelled my passion by giving a
> couple of talks on his life and style. To those with some years under
> their belt, try "Love in the Time of Cholera".
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> On Jul 7, 1:07 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Now the can of worms  about Adam & Eve have been opened,,  I ended up
> > making a note on my phone in the middle of the night so I could get back to
> > sleep.
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> > "Maybe the real question should be asked what can we do be able to return
> > to the original garden of Eden state?"
> > Allan
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> > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I know,, a lot of expense goes int to avoiding the question.
> > > Allan
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> > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:30 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > >> It's all over the place when you think of it from advertising to
> > >> history/politics to social conventions, medicine, etc. There may be
> > >> some stigma in being a skeptic or realist. Then, think of the wasted
> > >> energy/time in propping up the lie. It is rather amazing.
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> > >> On Jul 6, 3:21 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > Hoi everyone,,
> > >> > A few days ago I saw a cartoon of two men at a desk one man offered the
> > >> > simple truth, the other offered a comforting lie.  the people were
> > >> lined up
> > >> > on the booth with the comforting lie. As I think about that I can not
> > >> help
> > >> > but think of our duality,  Our physical mortality is well known. All
> > >> though
> > >> > there is no real denial of death, what I see is a scramble for the
> > >> > comforting lies hidden within different religions and beliefs. People
> > >> > scrambling to find their comforting lie.
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> > >> > What I do not see a lot of is people is really trying to understand the
> > >> > other half of our natural duality, we are well aware of the physical
> > >> side,,
> > >> > but what really is the other side of the duality.
> > >> > Allan
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> > >> > --
> > >> >  (
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> > >> > |_D Allan
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> > >> > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > > --
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> > >   )
> > > |_D Allan
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> > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > --
> >  (
> >   )
> > |_D Allan
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