Is that turtle's name Microsoft?
Ben Barrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >Well as I learned the myths, each creation ended with total annihilation >of the beings involved -- say for instance that man was made of corn in >one creation; the destruction was brought a specific end to corn. When >man was made of mud, the flood did well enough, iirc... this 5th >creation, according to my own combobulation of myths, is where we >climbed onto turtle's back, and to end it she will turn over, as some >stories say. However, I don't think we'll be annihilated in my lifetime >(and if we are then my verboseness *really* doesn't matter!), but rather >a transformation as you say. Myself, I pride in thinking that this >transformation is of a far more subtle quality than one might imagine >visually, and than it has been happening and *is* currently happening in >our very continuum... not at all an isolated event, but the western mind >has been aptly trained to question, "what happens on that special day, >when the calendar ends?" > >bless all forms of intelligence, > > Ben B > >PS - footnote below... >and sorry for all the OT stuff here. >It does have to do with Freedom, for me, though. > > >On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:42:05 -0700 >Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >| On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:07:39AM -0700, Ben Barrett wrote: >| > I guess if you're into things like the Book of Revelation, and study >| > end-time prophecies, then you might say it "ends" -- but the >| > calendar*is* cyclical, AFAIK there will be more rounds to make in my >| > lifetime. I used to think the world was going to end on that date, >| > but I decided to assume it is not and move on with valuable things >| > in life. Not that the end of time is worthless, but rather that >| > thinking it's almost over is too defeatist for me to handle... so >| > even if time does end somehow, it is not clear if we would also end. >| >| The "prophecy" does not foretell a complete end, but "the end of the >| world as we know it" ... a change in consciousness, not physical >| destruction. >| >| >| > PS - yada yada new-agey mayan translations, yada yada... There is a >| > rather large private party out in the coastal range, to celebrate >| > the day(s) out of time and new year's, started last night and goes >| > through sunday; >| >| http://www.as1.info/ > > >| >| > I was told about this last night just after being lectured about >| > the incorrectness of the popular "Mayan calendar" >| >| Yes, well, the idea is to change consciousness ... bring order and >| stability from within by syncing with natural rhythms (life) instead >| of following arbitrary rules of man (money). >| >| -- >| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >HEY: > >Nothing wrong with money, it is man's addiction to it, rather, >and disrespect for life thusly! > >I hear ya tho -- all those arbitrary rules, indeed, are often bound to >the dollar and especially tomorrow's dollar, rather than life now, and >tomorrow's life... so let's keep changing things, eh!! >_______________________________________________ >EuG-LUG mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Voice - 541-689-9159 FAX - 541-463-1627 Eugene, Oregon _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
