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Is there anyone other than Antares and [...]
Is there anyone other than Antares and myself who are logging on to this site to follow the threads?
Has anyone noticed that the photo of the [...]
Has anyone noticed that the photo of the person in the home page of DK looks like 'Darth Vader' from 'Star Wars'?
Is'nt it unfortunate that this site has [...]
Is'nt it unfortunate that this site has again degenerated into a place for illinformed, immature individuals to post rude & obscene entries. There was the hope that this would be a forum for intelegent dialogue, not the dross that appears at times.
One more thought, 'Stupidity is it's own reward'.
One more thought, 'Stupidity is it's own reward'.
Why is Lathang so rude, Why is Sioux2 so [...]
Why is Lathang so rude, Why is Sioux2 so crude, and why is Customer Care so inept at monitoring this site? Intellectually Challenged?
Why are there no questions or comments about [...]
Why are there no questions or comments about studying the Universe? Everything here is so Earthbound and inward looking. Does no one have anything to say about Space ! The Universe is vast with much to learn, it should be part of the Dialogue.
To Astronomers the large scale structure of [...]
To Astronomers the large scale structure of the univerese is a puzzle. Untill reciently a random distribution was assumed, but reasearch has shown a pattern much like a mass of soap bubbles. Why is this the shape of the universe? More in a comment.
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I have a queston about this entry, This question plus 7 others were posted July 18 '06, and yet 'Quach' was not registered till Jan 16 '07 ?????????????
Why are there locks on the tailgates of [...]
Why are there locks on the tailgates of pickup trucks ?
God ?
Have you come to this as a personal decision, is it part of your nature, or were you taught this as a child ?
Crushed Potential
Please elaborate on how the Montessori schools differ from Public schools. I have experienced all aspects (student, teacher, parent) of the public school system in the USA and am aware of the defeciencys of that program.
Particulars Please.
Many contributors to this thread have gone on about Animal concentration camps and Torture, but no-one has given any examples or defined just what do you mean by troture ? I have seen many farms where animals are raised for meat, and have never witnessed anyone beating or injuring the livestock. Perhaps you could give some examples and specifics of the offenses you claim exist.
Does your Mythology/Religion have 'A' [...]
Does your Mythology/Religion have 'A' message from God ? or does it have 'The' message from God ?
What is the difference between 'Art' and 'Craft'?
What is the difference between 'Art' and 'Craft'?
Heppy New Year everyone, What is your hope [...]
Heppy New Year everyone, What is your hope for the future?
Christianity teaches that to be forgiven of [...]
Christianity teaches that to be forgiven of sin we only need ask. If one person sins and another asks forgiveness in his place, is the sin forgiven if the sinner is unrepentant and doesn't acknowledge the sin? Can it be resolved with no repentance?
Don't mess with me, I will look it up, and I [...]
Don't mess with me, I will look it up, and I will corrent your errors.
Parents have rights and responsabilities. [...]
Parents have rights and responsabilities. What about those parents who deny their child's interest's and push them into a role for which they are not suited and not interested? How long should the child be punished for this? Who is to blame?
What do you want to be remembered for, posts [...]
What do you want to be remembered for, posts on this site? or have you done something really meaningful?
Why are there soldiers on the street with [...]
Why are there soldiers on the street with the young person in the chicken suit, with a bag and a balloon? Was it Halloween, and where was this photograph taken?
Why The Sun?
Please elaborate as to why contemplate The Sun, apart from being created by God, we could just as easily consider the Moon, or the Earth, or the entire Universe. What is the significance of The Sun?
I would like to know how many current [...]
I would like to know how many current contributors were registered Sept '06 or before ?
And why is this so ?
So who do you hold accountable for this deficiency? Law enforcement for not apprehending criminals? The legislature for enacting laws with loop-holes or vague language? The legal system for allowing criminals to get off due to a technicality? How about the citizenry for allowing corrupt and lenient Judges to preside? Who is responsable?
Did your vote count ?
So, Did you vote these criminals and fascists into office or was it someone else ? Do I hear the sound of Hob-nail Boots marching into our future ?
Agree.
I believe that, in principle, this is what i said. The DNA is in the child, and provided by God, through evolution.
Why do you doubt the evidence of your [...]
Why do you doubt the evidence of your senses, what proof would you have of the truth of your reality?
Where's my Cupie Doll ?
I'm not sure but I think there may be times that you cannot trust one you love or one who loves you?
When bad things happen, there is no healing [...]
When bad things happen, there is no healing in revenge or pay-back, (an eye for an eye), but there is only healing in forgiveness, with love? What do you believe?
Is duality real or illusion?
Now we are getting somewhere, a debate is developing between the objective and subjective. Truth, facts, and reality are all facets of the same question, do we believe in the physical reality or is it all an illusion where the mind is supreme. I am reminded of a story where a group of intellectuals were debating the number of teeth in a horses mouth, (a very sophistacited debate) when a younger member of the group suggested that they go out and find a horse and count the teeth. For this he was soundly beaten and thrown out of the group for advocating such a debasing and vulgur course of action. He, of course, could not realize that the debate was not about real horses, but about the ideal number of teeth in an ideal Equus, that was what all the menial physical horses should aspire to be. However it was left to those base animals to bring the food that fuled the debate and the drink that lubricated the minds of those intellectuals. And believe me there is not enough wine or whisky to induce me to pursue this dialogue very far.
Too much free time?
Still so bored that you need to dig up 2 1/2 year old questions to occupy your time?
Direct from the source.
The only thing I know about 'Narcissism' is what I have reasearched and read about. I think that it is an excelent idea to go to a source who has had a lot of direct experience with it. As you seem eager to talk about it, take it away Thai Sean, and please don't go into denial about it, remember we are all trying to be very supportive heere.
What are you looking for?
The problem with this question, is that "The end of the World" has several intrepretations. Dose it mean that the Earth is destroyed or rendered lifless and barren? Is it a mass extinction including the bulk of Humanity? Or is it just the end of Human civilization? Does "Survival' mean a few people hiding in a cave waiting to die? A group off planet somewhere? Or a few survivors with the biosphere largly untouched? There are several possible combinations, would you please specify what you were looking for or do you want to let contributors choose and answer acordingly.
So it's down to three regulars, and a few [...]
So it's down to three regulars, and a few interlopers. The troubled questioner, the radical fanatic, and the voice of reason. Take your pick, WHO ARE YOU? BTW it appears tact is not my strong suit.
I am unanimous.
Are you pretending to have multiple personalities? Actually I would think reasonable questioner is more accurate.
Nice thought.
April, I believe that you are praising him, but I am not quite sure. Goldenways, this is very good if you wrote it you should take credit, if you read it somewhere you should give credit ?
A little bit silly.
So do you occasionally drop a hammer on your toe, so that you can appreciate the times when it doesn't hurt?
Has anyone analyzed the movie "Polar [...]
Has anyone analyzed the movie "Polar Express" for mythological content, or seen an analysis that relates events and thems in the movie to mythology? Please look at my comment.
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. In [...]
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. In some cases, is Boredom the Father?
Are you talking or doing?
Interesting web site for the academy, now what are you doing to help others. Give us some specific examples.
I'm glad you noticed me.
It is unfortunate that nubies (Those new to a site) will often try to tell others what to do and how it should be done before becoming familiar with the site and learning the accepted modus operandi. A little courtesy would go a long way.
Do some people just need some goading to [...]
Do some people just need some goading to vent their anger, so that they can settle down and be civil to others?
To Whom it may Concern, 250 characters are [...]
To Whom it may Concern, 250 characters are to few for this statement.
Greetings friends, back from the abyss and I [...]
Greetings friends, back from the abyss and I thought I'd try something lighter. I Am considering a campaign to remove the 'H' from 'Whine'. So what is your favorite fermentation, and if it's a brew from barley and Hop's thats OK too.
The Human Drama.
And are you still subject to those illusions, disappointments, and failings, or have you, as some believe, evolved beyond all that?
Do you need it because you want it? Or do [...]
Do you need it because you want it? Or do you want it because you need it?
Love? Really?
First of all what do you mean by 'Love'. the word has several definitions and different meanings. To love some people is difficult, such as those who are different than you. Some love is almost automatic, such as a parent for a child, it happens without any effort or difficulty at all. Sometimes the expression of 'Love' by a sick person can be somewhat distructive. Loving someone who is different, or strange, or unknown to you is hard untill you let yourself get to know them. Perhaps you mean 'acceptance' of those who are not like you. If you mean 'Love' as in 'Lust' that is a whole 'nother catagory.
Published Works?
Thai Sean, several times in post's you have mentioned exerpts from books, articles or papers that you have written. I, for one, am curious what you may have published other than the few bits and pieces posted on this site. If you could provide titles and author (if you wrote under a Pen Name), fiction or non-fiction, though I would guess that most of your work is non-fiction. Also it would be helpful if these were avalable in the US, as traveling to Thailand to peruse the local book stores would be a bit inconvenient for me.
Open our eyes?
Perhaps if our Eyes are the mirror of the Soul, then there are thousands of mirrors of each other, if we could only see?
I have been reading a very good book and it [...]
I have been reading a very good book and it occured to me that in the discussion of Trancendence it is said that one moves from a state of duality to a state of non-duality. This mearly points up the inadiquacy of language because.........
I Think?
Yes what about the mind, What is it? Is it more than just a manifestation of the neurological activity in the brain and nervous system? If it is super-neural, what is the relationship to the spirit and soul? If it is nothing more than just a result of neural activity, then when the body and brain die, so will the mind. If, on the other hand, it is more than a phenomenon based on electro-chemical activity in the brain it may continue after the body dies, and if it does what is the connection to the spirit and soul? Are they all one or do they procede seperately? Most probably they are connected and are aspects of the whole of our awareness, but how are they bound to the corporeal body? Most would say that when the body dies the spirit is released, but is this so? What if the spirit is bound to the body and is only slowly released as the body decomposes, and only when the physical body is reincorporated into the earth is the spirit free to its destiny? If this is so you should be careful how your remains are delt with after your death. There are many questions, but few answers, and be careful what some may claim to 'know' about the mind, spirit and soul.
Like 'Making Love' in a canoe.
Are you refering to the 'Nobel prize for peace?' if so I would agree with you. The prize committee must be hard pressed to find someone for that prize. After all he hasn't done anything, except to get elected. Perhaps that is enough, if so the prize is really getting watered down. It may have been better, if there were no real candidats for the prize, to just not give one this year.
What are you?
Why do you write G_D instead of writing it out? Are you an Atheist or Agnostic who is afraid to invoke God by putting his name in print? The substance of your book is equal to it's cost, you get what you pay for.
Curiosity got me.
In your last line "all life endlessly reoccurring cyclically within eternity." you seem to have mixed things up a bit. I was thinking that 'life' occured within the three dimentional, temporal realm and eternity was for those or that which has trancended duality and this life. Perhaps this is a time for a clear statement of terms as two people can often say the same thing in different ways or different things the same way. My dictionary is old and I understand that some words evolve to take on meanings that are much different that the original. So in regards to life and eternity, what are your thoughts?
Modern Myths? Where is our modern [...]
Modern Myths? Where is our modern mythology? Some have said that artists and poets are making new myths. Where are thay?
Myth - ( 0 ) America - ( -1 )
Mythology is Dead. Long live Mythology. I cannot speak for the Native Americans, I am not one of them. I cannot speak for other countries, I have not lived there. I can speak for the European interlopers who invaded and conquered North America, I am their Decendent. We have no Mythology that speaks to us or works for us, the old myths were left behind and we came here with nothing, No Mythology, No Religion, only the greed for riches or the quest for freedom. Some to avoid punishment, or to escape poverty, or oppression. For Mythology to work it must speak to the people, to speak there must be shared experience and a common understanding. Myths of Hunter Gatherers do not speak to ones living in a city. I thought perhaps books, art, or movies might be the new myth. 'Star Wars' was certainly based on mythological themes but set "A long time ago, in a Galaxy far away" there is little to relate to America. "Lord of the Rings" is another possability, but time and culture are too distant to work. "Close encounters of the 3rd kind" is very good. The Hero is from our own time, someone just like us. He receives a vision, goes on a quest, climbs a mountain (familiar mythical element), and meets beings that are not like us but give knowledge and wisdom. Just what we need, but it FAILS ! People go to see it in a theatre, strangers who do not know each other, the image is projected in front of them with no participation, and after the credits everyone is a Critic, "I liked that line", "I didn't like that scene", "Weren't the special effects good". It does not instill awe for the mystery of being. Poerty readings and concerts are much the same, we sit like lumps and do not participate. Native Americans understood Myth whether consciously or intuitively, Mythology must be experienced, not just read about. They lived and worked in groups and all participated in the ceremonies. Everyone is familiar with the image of the old man telling stories to young children. Everyone is familiar with the image of native Americans doing a ceremonial dance. These were part of the Mythology, acted out and everyone took part in some way. In America today Mythology has failed, the old myths do not relate to our culture. In America today Religion has failed, it is all about rules, fictional history, out of date science, and stories that do not relate. What may help is for people to gather in groups and participate in a mythical ceremony, one might be the Christian Eucharist, but that carries too much excess baggage. The closest thing to a comunity coming together is a Block Party, or a comunity yard sale, not much ceremony there. Mythologically America can be called a Vast Wasteland. With no connection to the Earth or the Cosmos it is no wonder that we are destroying the Earth. Hopefully we will not get the opportunity at the Cosmos.
Miss world ! They have just crowned a [...]
Miss world ! They have just crowned a beauty queen 'Miss World'. Now things will get better?
I love metaphore.
Love is a term that has been used a lot on this forum, much has been said about it and a few have tried to explain it. We are told to 'Love' others, but what does that mean? In Christian Rhetoric 'God is Love' and God is a metaphore for that which cannot be explained or expressed, then is 'Love' a metaphore for that which can only be experienced, and cannot be quantified or qualified. Both God and Love are within us all, to be experienced and felt, and conversly so are hate and bigotry metaphores for those inexplicable things within ourselves that are unacceptable, but are projected onto others. So love is an inexplicable feeling, What scientist could place a value on the feeling when you open a door and your Grandson runs to you, arms outstreached, with a big smile saying 'Grandpa' and only wants to be picked up and held? How do you define or quantify that? 'I Love You', Thou art That, I am You and You are Me, 'We are all in this together'. We share each other, and God?
We are Doomed.
What hope is there, if our Heros are shallow, vacuous 'Beauty Queens' and greedy Profesional Athletes.
Do you really understand 'A Christmas Carol'?
Do you really understand 'A Christmas Carol'?
Are you maknig fun?
"no one likes to be made fun of". When one starts a thread being derisive of another post, it would seem that one should then expect a bit of that in return. Other-wise it smacks of a double standard? I can do it to you but you can't do it to me?
Double Standard?
You get on my case for correcting your hero, but another poster is slamed for not writing a proper sentence and now this one is wrong for creating an oxymoron. On top of that many of your examples are not, 'awful good' & 'terribly pleased' awful and terribly are used in place of 'very', common usage and not an oxymoron, their meanings in this context are complementary. 'Random Order', 'Criminal Justice', 'Even Odds', 'Ill Health', 'Jumbo Shrimp', Small Crowd', are all terms that are viable in their context. An Oxymoron is where the words used have opposite meanings in the context used. 'Student Teacher' is a person still studying to be a teacher but assigned to a classroom situation as a learning experience, sometimes called 'Practice Teaching', but either is acceptable. Perhaps you have been away from English too long and are out of practice. And the internet with it's world wide contribution is not a good place to keep up with common english usage. I think your use of the term 'Oxynoron' is 'clearly misunderstood', meaning 'it;s obvious you don't understand'.
Is this better?
How was your time in the Jungle? Are you making any progress with the sustainable farming methods? haven't heard much about that lately. One point (Not Criticizm) methods will need to be translatable to a large scale to be useful, other wise the big boys will just keep doing the same-old same-old.
Has the world always been this infantile, [...]
Has the world always been this infantile, when I was young I thought it was only the adults I was inflicted with. But the longer it goes the more Juvenile the people I encounter. Just a bit depressing.
