Chris, I really feel that threads like these would remain more interesting and meaningful without such ( long, wasting and ) disruptive posts ( from Puppy, for now ) !
On Jul 23, 9:06 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Relevance? > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM, puppy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Me and You and the Sound of > > Children Laughing > > > "The more I attempted to be ‘me’ the more ‘me’s I found there > > were." (Hugh Prather) > > > Larry didn't know which "me" he was or if he was coming or going, so > > consequently didn't know which direction to go. The Merry-Go-Round he > > is on is going in circles, and left him wondering who oh who am I and > > is this all there is to this life. > > To remedy this condition he decided to leave town to find the "me" > > that was missing. He wanted to find a purpose for living and the > > answer to the question-Where is love? Now he was doing everything for > > the gimmi gimmi "me", who was never satisfied with brand new shoes and > > a trip to Disneyland. > > Larry thought if he found happiness then he would have everything > > but happiness does not happen without love and it is not found it is > > created. > > > "You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the > > wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. > > What you’ll discover will be yourself."(Alan Alda) Intuition: the > > ability to understand something immediately, without the need for > > conscious reasoning." > > > Larry was a homeless waif. He had a house but not a home; and a > > house is not a home without someone being there to love you. So Larry > > went somewhere to learn to fly and sing, to become somebody, to find > > his intuition, love,and a purposed for living. > > He wanted to discover a new "me". But to find your wonderful self > > you had to be in service to others. You must give to receive. This > > service would require Larry to throw the selfish ego out and examined > > his intentions and motives and remembering that you have to find out > > who you are before you become loved and you must love to become > > beloved. > > > "Some people say they haven’t yet found themselves. But the self is > > not something one finds; it is something one creates." (Thomas Szasz) > > > Larry had to create the"new me" because when he died he didn't want > > to be in the pack of hysterical people running to catch Promised Land > > Train that was leaving them forlornly on the platform as it went off > > carrying the sound children laughing and the scent of spring. > > The train conductor cried from the rear platform of the Promised > > Land Train.(It was this or endless death.) Why are you late? Where > > have you been? You missed the ride of your life! Did you give enough? > > Did you forgive? Did you? > > Why ask me? I didn't do nothing! > > , Larry cried back and the conductor hollered back, that's what I'm > > talking about. > > > "Death has to be waiting at the end of the ride, before you truly > > see the earth, and feel your heart, and love the world." (Jean > > Anouilh) > > > On Jul 22, 7:29 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Are we in control of ourselves, our lives, our families, our worlds? > > > Or are we just aware and knowing what one can do if something > > > unpredictable happens? > > > There are many explanations for why we do what we do. For example, > > > Thomas Metzinger's new Book, The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind > > > and the Myth of the Self, seriously questions whether there is even an > > > "I", let alone a "we." And Douglas Hofstadter's book, I Am a Strange > > > Loop, contends that the "self" is a recursively self-referencing > > > memory loop. > > > > Hundreds of experiments by Benjamin Libet and others tend to > > > conclusively confirm that our brain prepares to execute our decisions > > > before we are even aware that anything is being decided. It alerts us > > > to our decisions only in time (a split second) for us to veto them. > > > > Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet, as well as Benjamin > > > Libet's book, Mind Time, and Walter J. Freeman's book, How Brains Make > > > Up Their Minds. > > > > It is quite likely that we have no so-called "free will" other than > > > veto power over our specific actions. Our free will may consist > > > instead of 1) being mindful about any ill-serving subliminal > > > intentions and tendencies that inform our actions so that we are > > > accordingly prepared to veto any action that they correspondingly > > > inform, and of 2) programming (or reprogramming) our subliminal > > > intentions to be more productive of the experiencing that we most > > > desire. > > > > Do we have the power to create our realities? Are we in control? > > > What do YOU think?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
