Knock, knock...

On Aug 23, 5:38 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> hehehe!  ;-)
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> On Aug 23, 4:13 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > No, YOU!
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> > On Aug 23, 5:11 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > And what am I, liver pate'?
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> > > I came up with a twist on your olive joke Molly.
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> > > Knock knock
>
> > > Who's there?
>
> > > Olive
>
> > > Olive who?
>
> > > Me!
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> > > On Aug 23, 3:22 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > You're a nice one!
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> > > > On Aug 23, 3:46 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > Nice one, Molly! ;-)
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> > > > > On 23 Aug., 21:00, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > would you rather Sartre said it?
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> > > > > >http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/AU67.html
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> > > > > > On Aug 23, 1:57 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > "understanding the meaninglessness" - puh, Molly, I know I've been
> > > > > > > down to saying very stupid things, but at least I always knew they
> > > > > > > were, I didn't label them dot dot dot for the other to come up 
> > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > something I can't think of and use it for my own benefit.
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> > > > > > > On 23 Aug., 16:16, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > there are times when, only by understanding the 
> > > > > > > > meaninglessness, new
> > > > > > > > meaning can emerge...
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> > > > > > > > On Aug 22, 7:23 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > I guess the thing I wish we could get 'timely' about would be 
> > > > > > > > > truth
> > > > > > > > > and reconciliation.  I begin to believe the 'conspiracy' is 
> > > > > > > > > to make
> > > > > > > > > life meaningless.
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> > > > > > > > > On 22 Aug, 17:49, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > How synchronistic...I know that Pat recently had a bout of 
> > > > > > > > > > the flu
> > > > > > > > > > also...
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> > > > > > > > > > On Aug 22, 12:33 pm, frantheman 
> > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > The microbes and the antibiotics - I sympathise with you, 
> > > > > > > > > > > Neil. I
> > > > > > > > > > > recently spent three weeks daily swallowing a not 
> > > > > > > > > > > insignificant dose
> > > > > > > > > > > of doxycycline to deal with an incipient borelliosis 
> > > > > > > > > > > (Lyme disease) -
>
> > > > > > >  > > damned ticks! There's something quite stressful about 
> > > > > > > feeling out
> > > > > > > of
>
> > > > > > > > > > > sorts and not even being sure if its the illness itself 
> > > > > > > > > > > or the
> > > > > > > > > > > antibiotic treatment for it that's causing the 
> > > > > > > > > > > discomfort. I wish you
> > > > > > > > > > > a speedy recovery ...
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Francis
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> > > > > > > > > > > On 22 Aug., 17:11, archytas <nwte...@googlemailcom> 
> > > > > > > > > > > wroote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > The concept of self, or more specifically the sense of 
> > > > > > > > > > > > unity of self,
> > > > > > > > > > > > has both synchronic ('I seem to be a uniied self aat 
> > > > > > > > > > > > any given
> > > > > > > > > > > > moment') and diachronic ('I seem to be the same self as 
> > > > > > > > > > > > I was a few
> > > > > > > > > > > > minutes/hours/months/years ago') aspects.  Currently, I 
> > > > > > > > > > > > am feeling
> > > > > > > > > > > > rather broken - like my watch with the dud battery, but 
> > > > > > > > > > > > with the added
> > > > > > > > > > > > knowledge (Slip was right) that my kinetic watch was 
> > > > > > > > > > > > stolen.  I'd be
> > > > > > > > > > > > intuiting Orn but am otherwise engaged in a wa aggainst 
> > > > > > > > > > > > a microbe
> > > > > > > > > > > > horde in need of eviction from my glandular system and, 
> > > > > > > > > > > > unlike my
> > > > > > > > > > > > watch, am on tickover until the antibiotics triumph  
> > > > > > > > > > > > Beforee Slip
> > > > > > > > > > > > points out electronic watches don't tick, let me say 
> > > > > > > > > > > > that this watch
> > > > > > > > > > > > has a very annoying, non-syncopating tick option, and 
> > > > > > > > > > > > my other
> > > > > > > > > > > > (stolen) watch may well be ticking to someone else's 
> > > > > > > > > > > > tune.  I am so
> > > > > > > > > > > > ill I hav develloped an interest in Willard Quine again 
> > > > > > > > > > > > and have
> > > > > > > > > > > > somewhat naturalised my philosophy so as not to be too 
> > > > > > > > > > > > exposed to the
> > > > > > > > > > > > risk of theoretical truth.  All this at a time I 
> > > > > > > > > > > > haven't had a drink
> > > > > > > > > > > > for two weeks Francis! - no doubt causing my current 
> > > > > > > > > > > > delusive state in
> > > > > > > > > > > > which England are regaining the Ashes.  Test Match 
> > > > > > > > > > > > Special will set
> > > > > > > > > > > > you free ...
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> > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 Aug, 15:24, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not expert of Jung, but have enjoyed his writing 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and work now and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > then.  I think what this means is that there is 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > something more than
> > > > > > > > > > > > > what we think of as cause and effect at play here.  
> > > > > > > > > > > > > That while, as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Slip suggests, sychronistic events for us are 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > responsive to our
> > > > > > > > > >> > > indiviidual thoughts and feelings, we do not cause 
> > > > > > > > > >> > > them to come about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > like we cause a stone to roll by kicking it.  
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Synchronicity is, I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > think, always at play in our lives, but our awareness 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > of it increases
> > > > > > > > > > > > > as our perception of the more subtle levels of being 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > changes.  We
> > > > > > > > > > > > > don't cause it, we become aware of it by tuning into 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > it.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 22, 7:37 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would wonder the same thing about it all being 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > acausal.  I remember
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > when my mother in law died m wife,  a life long 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > devout catholic,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > mentioned something about a sign, a butterfly that 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > would appear.  I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > always thought that to be coincidence but at the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > cemetery, there it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > was, a large white butterfly that landed and stay 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > for several minutes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > then casually flew off.   I guess there is some 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > synchronicity there,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > in the death, the mention of and appearance of the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > butterfly.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 22, 12:33 am, Alan Wostenberg 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great question.As a belieever I wonder why Jung 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > calls synchronicity
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 'acausal' in that essay "Synchronicity, An 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Acausal Connecting
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Princciple". Does he embrace a Humean noion of  
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >> causality as constant
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > conjunction in whichcausess precede effects 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > temporally?
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yet I do find myself reluctant to jump in with 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > both feet and call
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > something a meaningful coincidence.  This is no 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doubt my inner atheist
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > whispering. As a believer I know synchronicity 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > under a different name:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > providence. God always meets our real needs. 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes I see the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pattern and call it providence.  Usually I do 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not, perhaps because it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is to bright for my minds eye.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 21, 5:08 am, Molly Brogan 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Synchronicity is a word that has come up now 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and then in these
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > discussions and is, I think, becoming more a 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > part of our scientific
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and philosophic paradigms.  Webster defines it 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > as:  the quality or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > state of being synchronous or simultaneous : 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > concurrence of acts,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > events, or developments in time : coincident 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > movement or existence;
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chronological arrangement of historical events 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and personages so as to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > indicate coincidence or coexistence;  a 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > representation in the same
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > picture of two or more events which occurred at 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > different times.
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jung required a larger framework for his idea 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of synchronicity, a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > framework that reveals an underlying pattern 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for what he called
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > events."
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What does synchronicity mean to you?  What role 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > does it playin yourr
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > life?  What do YOU think?
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