"... On Mar 27, 5:32 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> > Now there's a person who I'd like to criticize but I can't because we > > are too alike. I'm not comparing my IQ with hers other than both > > being in the above average category, but rather in that we have both > > wasted our talents. <<<Gruffy > > Come on now! Criticize? Dude, you are worth thousands (hopefully) > she is worth millions, you have wasted your talents, she has contracts > and a column in a globally syndicated magazine. Desert heat? Thousands? Perhaps, but well under ten at best. I'm better described as a poor man. And yes, I criticize her for wasting talent and ability on such things as syndicated columns and populist bullpucky. I don't know where her talents point but she could have possibly done wondrous things in science, medicine, engineering, etc. Yes, I consider a populist career to be a waste of time. Similar in tone and content to such as is displayed on Fox, which is also a populist waste of time, energy and spirit. > no Karmic intrusion involved. That would > imply an external and judgmental force intruding on the normal > processes of birth, life and death. <<<gruff > > Imply? So because you object to the implication it is suddenly > rendered as impossible? Sorry to disagree, but a "intrusion" strongly implies an external force and "Karmic" that that force has sentience and will. Karma -- to my limited mentality -- is very internal and acts as sort of a self- fulfilling prophecy. When I consciously do something that hurts someone, I am aware of it and my basic morality acts to punish myself in one way or another for that ill. To my thinking, that is the absolute limit of karma. I can't conceive of any external source of karma, barring of course such things as being caught, tried, found guilty and sentenced. > Can you give me an example of innate knowledge -- that is, knowledge > that is present in an individual prior to birth which is exhibited > soon after birth? Though I've wrung my brain like a wet mop I can't > think of one. <<<gruff > > I gave examples earlier. And if I recall, I perceived them as instinct, not knowledge. Perhaps we need a discussion on the differences or sameness of instinct and knowledge. > The fire, yes gruff the fire, and I hope you have a fire pit out there > in your desert dwelling. Not a pit per se but more a 55 gallon drum with airways cut into the bottom and a spark arrestor screen on top, but it still is beautiful at night when I burn my paper trash. I suppose it could handle a small log or two to keep it going longer. > Suddenly I feel detached from this realm, > drifting off as you know very well my friend. Pat your dog, dig a pit > and get a fire going gruff, and as the embers let loose the sparks > into the night air, think, think as you had many millenniums ago, for > you are an old soul! Detached you say? Perhaps it's that fish stew you brew. Never been a fish man myself unless it's a good slab of fresh caught halibut grilled nicely over a bed of glowing charcoal, but even then just occasionally. I've mostly been a red meat lover but of late even that's gone. Now I'm stuck with white skinless fowl breasts which I'm learning can be dealt with in several relatively pleasing ways. You got the old part right! Never felt older but not so soulful. /e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
