Ditto, dear ornamentalmind! :-) I hardly dare to ask, but what brought you to the idea that negating the positive would help to look through?
On 4 Mrz., 14:40, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > It's very surprising what you can get people to queue up for Don. You > need to be fair to Woodsie Chris - there are no inside jokes in here > other than that we all envy Craig's sense of irony. It's dog eat dog > Woodsie and we ran outta dog some weeks back! > > On 4 Mar, 12:51, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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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