Yes, Mark, that sounds good! Feel free to email me whenever you would like to connect. And it would be fun to meet; if you ever make it to Fairfield, please be sure to look us up.
I meant a priori in that Realization is even prior to direct experience; experience is itself the "feedback" or the a posteriori effect of Reality. Change our intellectual (mis)understanding and (non)acceptance of this as-it-is a priori Reality, and we immediately change the subsequent a posteriori direct experience. Experience is in a sense (or all senses) the particle's a posteriori response to Our a priori field-thought :-) So Reality is a priori in the sense that it is primordial and unconditional; because Wholeness is outside of space and time, it is here even now, and this is what Wholeness looks like in this moment. *L*L*L* --- In [email protected], Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > Thank you for sharing this, and I agree. We do seem to be kindred spirits in > many ways, though, of course, we part ways in certain areas. I'm glad we > met. Perhaps our association will continue. > Perhaps, too, we should talk on the phone sometime. I don't know if we could > strike up a real friendship, but, who knows, it might be worth a shot, > though, after all this, I'm currently at a loss to know what we might talk > about. > > But don't you mean a posteriori, in the sense of to be directly experienced, > not theoretically deduced? > > m > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:22 AM, RoryGoff wrote: > > > * * Beautiful, Mark! Having myself undergone a "dark night of the soul" for > > several years, during which horrific time I lost the golden light of God > > and Master and my own soul, and my own certainties and "special > > attainments," and where absolutely everything I believed in or held dear > > crumbled to dust and ashes and eternal grayness, and my entire universe and > > all its paradisal refuges became just another house of cards tumbling down > > through the merciless eye of the needle, I can certainly relate to the > > perfect inevitability and timeliness of this timeless "dying to the world." > > > > And in retrospect, of course, I would not change a thing; the "eternal > > life" or ever-present Reality eventually revealed in the dying of the light > > is well worth the price of admission, like obtaining a diamond for the > > price of spinach. > > > > Given my own inexpressible love and appreciation of this divinely > > inevitable process of utter humiliation, which strips us naked of all > > comfort, purges us in heartbreaking aloneliness, and crucifies us between > > heaven and earth, I would be the last one to encourage anyone poised at > > such a threshold to wholeheartedly buy into yet another belief system. If > > entirely invested in, every belief is simultaneously a prison and an > > addictive escape from our paradoxical simplicity: every one. > > > > And so I continually encourage everyone to consider them all but models or > > maps, for entertainment purposes only; they are self-portraits, works of > > art: poetry, not Gospel. We are, Reality is, a priori and eternal and > > infinitely slippery, subtler than the intellect and hence too subtle to be > > conceived of, let alone described; it (and we) can only be surrendered into > > and embraced. > > > > *L*L*L* > > > > --- In [email protected], Mark Landau <m@...> wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 9:44 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > BTW is this service Rory renders an hourly rate or is it billed by > > > > > intensity? (Cat-o-nine with the metal tips only in the premium Mel > > > > > Gibson package.) > > > > > > > > I think we the real question we have to ask is, Is Mark an enabler in > > > > this case? I think the evidence might convict him. > > > > > > > I guess this is what I would say to that at this darkest hour before the > > > dawn: > > > > > > Yes, a wealth of holes, yes, overblown extravagance and a too facile way > > > of interchanging any component that might conceivably fit anywhere one > > > can and, yes, a blatant disregard for true rigor, but also truth and > > > beauty. In this time of real anguish and unutterable darkness writhing on > > > the face of our planet and in the universe at the depth of this mini-Kali > > > Yug in which we find ourselves, I will take truth and beauty anywhere I > > > can find it. If we can't find truth and beauty in the heartbreaking > > > fragility and staggering magnificence the torus of creation presents and > > > in the principle of truly loving and giving everything in creation > > > "within and without us" that which each thing truly needs as best we can, > > > where will we find it? All edifices of intellectual manufacture, > > > including those created by the Catholic Church, Maharishi and yes, Rory > > > Goff, will, of necessity, come tumbling down like the houses of cards > > > they are in the face of what we have been working for for eons, if, > > > indeed, we are lucky enough to see any kind of true ascension manifest on > > > the killing fields and within the voracious, all-consuming greed > > > factories we have produced, and, yes, we all, together, have produced > > > these things. For the truth is beyond them all. And if we ever are to > > > begin to approach it, the miracle of our finding our true humility, > > > simplicity, open-hearted generosity, inclusivity, and, yes, our > > > terrifying vulnerable objectivity, will somehow have to occur. If we can > > > incorporate and assimilate it all, and move beyond it, we'll find > > > ourselves standing, clear-eyed, with no need of any prop and hardly > > > believing all the sound and fury signifying nothing. But we'll know we > > > went through it and smile and, maybe, who knows, even join hands with our > > > brethren instead of judging, dismissing and despising them. What kind of > > > world will we then have? > > > > > > How's that for overblown? > > > > > > m > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can we supply our own dialogue? Don't want to skeeve anyone out too > > > > > badly but I would love to be taunted will being whipped: > > > > > > > > > > "You magical thinker, your epistemology has more holes than a pasta > > > > > strainer, your premises are dirty, I mean faulty, they are unfounded > > > > > on either empirical evidence or even sound reasoning. You are a dirty > > > > > believer aren't you now, a dirty, dirty believer who accepts things > > > > > on faith you read in books that support slavery and the oppression of > > > > > women, and you love it don't you? You love your ancient texts full of > > > > > superstitions because you are a superstitious boy yourself, aren't > > > > > you now? You are a bad thinking, a bad bad thinker, your thinking is > > > > > bad and you are wrong but you don't care because you don't love > > > > > knowledge, you just want to protect your special class of ideas that > > > > > you hold for bad, bad, dirty reasons. > > > > > > > > > > Now tell me you love your masters, all of them, including Sai Baba, > > > > > say you love Sai Baba and you believe in the second coming of > > > > > Maitreya and crop circles as alien messages and the hairy monstrous > > > > > bigfoot (not Bevan)and you believe that John Hegelin has proven > > > > > scientifically, beyond any doubt, that the chilled-out feeling in > > > > > meditation IS the basis for the universe, and you believe it because > > > > > you feel it is right in your dirty, dirty, illogical mind. And you > > > > > love disco too. You love the pounding beat like a cranial jackhammer > > > > > pounding in the rhythms of the night.And you eat at McDonalds more > > > > > than Jason Spurlock did for that 30 days because you hate to cook." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow! I'm just glad I didn't admit that outside my own head. That is > > > > > not the kind of confession I would like to go into cyberspace for > > > > > others to see...hey what is this button for that says send...ooops > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > > > > > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "So, you're outta here until the evening of Aug 12." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bhur hoo! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OM MG! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll have to have Rory give me 50 lashings for missing the > > > > > > opportunity to say, "The Buck stops here." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
