I'd like the deus ex machina role. Floating in across the stage with a blinding light behind me bringing truth, justice and generally saving the day with my great wisdom and power.
Or I could just play the front end of the horse. dj On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:10 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find the idea of urging Gabby onto common ground somewhat disturbing > - shades of an invasion of Poland! I'm not sure I could cope without > her ribbing. I sense another Germanic tradition may be more apt in > terms of The Immortals. We should script an interminable opera > starring ourselves. Orn could provide chanting monks for the chorus. > I would play Zarathustra as a burned-out ex-cop casting pearls before > swine with a sideline in hanging bureaucrats with their own ties, > constantly being reborn after being killed under avalanches of > acorns. Francis could do the Holy Man who has misplaced God for all > the right reasons, Gabby the back end of the pantomime horse who is > the only character who really knows what is going on, Chris and Craig > as wood-cutters trying to chop trees with philosophy in a soundless > forest, Gruff and Slip the remnants of a Ranger platoon in search of > lost Stingers and Ian and Lee wandering enthusiasts in search of the > World Tiddlywinks Championship. Molly would be our ultimate > salvation. Anyone got Wagner's phone number - I mean this just must > be put to music! Volunteers only for the front end of the pantomime > horse! > > On 3 Mar, 23:27, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> And, Wood, as far as I'm concerned, gabby is a great friend! :-) >> >> On Mar 3, 3:25 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > "OK. But isn't that 'self aggrandizement' just the natural side >> > effect >> > of the foreshortening teleos? The size of the shadow you have no >> > control over? The price you have to pay for your goal?" - gabby >> >> > Not that I know of.... >> >> > On Mar 3, 8:36 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > OK. But isn't that 'self aggrandizement' just the natural side effect >> > > of the foreshortening teleos? The size of the shadow you have no >> > > control over? The price you have to pay for your goal? >> >> > > On 3 Mrz., 17:00, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > I will rephrase that...I do care about humanity. I do care about how >> > > > we progress. My intention was to say my goal has noting to do with >> > > > self aggrandizement. >> >> > > > On Mar 3, 7:57 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > gabbers, truth is, I care not a whit about what others 'take notice >> > > > > of'....Seriously! >> >> > > > > On Mar 3, 2:41 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > LOL! And that's why you keep leaving and coming back to this group. >> > > > > > Because we wouldn't be able to take notice of your transcendental >> > > > > > activities if you didn't make them an issue for us to validate. >> > > > > > Don't >> > > > > > get me wrong, I appreciate you being a regular poster here. >> > > > > > Seriously. >> >> > > > > > On 3 Mrz., 04:59, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > On a cellular and genetic level, that 'will to exist' is >> > > > > > > eternal. Few >> > > > > > > today even have a clear 'purpose of living'...in the >> > > > > > > mental/conceptual >> > > > > > > sense. Some can quote others, but, on their own are left high >> > > > > > > and dry. >> > > > > > > This is a rather sad state of affairs. >> > > > > > > And, yes, such transcendence is ultimately into theosis. >> >> > > > > > > On Mar 2, 5:17 pm, wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > Hi thanks for the welcome and the reply. >> > > > > > > > I am not saying it wouldn’t be a great achievement. It would >> > > > > > > > be a >> > > > > > > > major tipping point in human history. However, me personally, >> > > > > > > > just >> > > > > > > > can’t phantom living forever. What is the longevity of that >> > > > > > > > will to >> > > > > > > > exist? Can we consciously maintain a purpose of living? A >> > > > > > > > human being >> > > > > > > > living forever has to psychologically transcend… Almost god >> > > > > > > > like. >> >> > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 12:21 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> >> > > > > > > > wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > > Hi wood...welcome. >> > > > > > > > > In fact, the very act of existing (being) has an innate >> > > > > > > > > will...an >> > > > > > > > > innate purpose (telos) built within it. >> > > > > > > > > Add to this the fact that many people have, do and will know >> > > > > > > > > that the >> > > > > > > > > eternal ‘now’ has, does and will always be…I see no great >> > > > > > > > > issue/ >> > > > > > > > > problem with the notion of immortality at all. >> >> > > > > > > > > On Mar 2, 6:42 am, wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > > > Hi all >> > > > > > > > > > Time has a way of revealing possibilities, it’s >> > > > > > > > > > unfortunate the half- >> > > > > > > > > > life of individual being is too short to experience the >> > > > > > > > > > full extend of >> > > > > > > > > > those possibilities, hence the desire for immortality. It >> > > > > > > > > > may indeed >> > > > > > > > > > be possible in the distant future, but there’s so much of >> > > > > > > > > > the human >> > > > > > > > > > physiology that remain an enigma to scientist. We are a >> > > > > > > > > > stranger in >> > > > > > > > > > our own body. Let’s say Immortality is achieved; can we, >> > > > > > > > > > physiologically, and psychologically, be able to handle a >> > > > > > > > > > life without >> > > > > > > > > > an end? There are many life on earth that just exist, >> > > > > > > > > > without any >> > > > > > > > > > visible purpose—can we human being be able to just >> > > > > > > > > > "exist"? How long >> > > > > > > > > > can you keep a will to live? I think to want to live >> > > > > > > > > > forever, is to >> > > > > > > > > > fail to understand the grand design of life, and the flow >> > > > > > > > > > of the >> > > > > > > > > > universe. 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