Thank you. I've got to read more of Byron. Where thoughts serenely sweet express. That's what we need here at Minds Eye, and everywhere that people converse. Yes, yes, yes. Hurrah Byron.
On Aug 29, 9:09 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > Byron > > SHE walks in beauty, like the night > Of cloudless climes and starry skies, > And all that's best of dark and bright > Meets in her aspect and her eyes; > Thus mellow'd to that tender light > Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. > > One shade the more, one ray the less, > Had half impair'd the nameless grace > Which waves in every raven tress > Or softly lightens o'er her face, > Where thoughts serenely sweet express > How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. > > And on that cheek and o'er that brow > So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, > The smiles that win, the tints that glow, > But tell of days in goodness spent,— > A mind at peace with all below, > A heart whose love is innocent. > > On Aug 29, 12:04 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Very nicely put. Is it original with you, or taken form some source? > > If from a source, I'd appreciate a cite for I'd like to read more from > > it. > > > On Aug 29, 8:52 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > she walks in beauty like the night... > > > > On Aug 29, 11:38 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What beauty contestants communicate to me is more non-verbal than > > > > verbal, I find. And some of them communicate quite well. > > > > > On Aug 29, 5:51 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > And actually, since I think that self image has everything to do with > > > > > health and beauty, the beauty contestant may just be on to something > > > > > here...communication skills aside. > > > > > > On Aug 29, 12:31 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > She must be very, very attractive. And that's all I've got to say > > > > > > about > > > > > > that. > > > > > > > dj > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:45 AM, retiredjim34 > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Molly - Here's another view on living forever - I just came > > > > > > > across it. > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, > > > > > > > > (On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > Miss America 1995.) > > > > > > > Question: If you could live forever, would you and why? > > > > > > > Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live > > > > > > > forever, > > > > > > > because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live > > > > > > > forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live > > > > > > > forever," > > > > > > > --Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest. > > > > > > > > On Aug 10, 9:31 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > yes, and you have to wonder what it would do to our > > > > > > > > perspective of > > > > > > > > past, present and future. We may end up like Billy Pilgrim in a > > > > > > > > Vonnegut novel. > > > > > > > > > On Aug 10, 12:03 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Molly - very good - excellent point. I think it would be a > > > > > > > > > quantum > > > > > > > > > leap from frantically trying to do everything, achieve > > > > > > > > > whatever, > > > > > > > > > before we died to focusing instead on the here and now. The > > > > > > > > > passage of > > > > > > > > > time would loose much or all of its importance, I suspect. > > > > > > > > > Thanks for > > > > > > > > > pointing this out. Jim > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 10, 8:41 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > A quantum leap into something better would in all > > > > > > > > > > probability take > > > > > > > > > > place if we ourselves were extending our lives ad infinitum > > > > > > > > > > by a > > > > > > > > > > change in viewpoint...a different perspective of time and > > > > > > > > > > space and > > > > > > > > > > life in general. Not sure that would come with > > > > > > > > > > aforeveryoung > > > > > > > > > > pill... > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 8, 4:35 pm, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Good question, Jim. Endless life extension without aging? > > > > > > > > > > > > Assume the issues of bad social effects and distributive > > > > > > > > > > > justice > > > > > > > > > > > raised in other responses were solved. Is endless > > > > > > > > > > > continuation of > > > > > > > life > > > > > > > > > > > even then appealing? > > > > > > > > > > > > What would be the purpose of, say, even 25% longer life? > > > > > > > > > > > To know > > > > > > > more > > > > > > > > > > > great grandchildren? To climb another corporate ladder? > > > > > > > > > > > Gain > > > > > > > another > > > > > > > > > > > PhD? > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems to me whatever temporal good one seeks, all such > > > > > > > > > > > goods are > > > > > > > > > > > finite. Consequently, continuation of this life in a > > > > > > > > > > > healthy 30- > > > > > > > > > > > something body is more of the same, and would eventually > > > > > > > > > > > become as > > > > > > > > > > > boring as h-ll. Consider life beyond mere life > > > > > > > > > > > extension: a > > > > > > > quantum > > > > > > > > > > > leap to something better! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 6, 1:01 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Many of the recent threads - evolution, non-medical > > > > > > > > > > > > healing, are > > > > > > > we in > > > > > > > > > > > > control, Feynman's mysteries, etc. - seem to dance > > > > > > > > > > > > around on the > > > > > > > > > > > > wavecrest of scientific discoveries. It strikes me > > > > > > > > > > > > that, given > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > major scientific advances in recent decades and the > > > > > > > > > > > > increasing > > > > > > > speed > > > > > > > > > > > > of scientific progress, in the foreseeable future - 100 > > > > > > > > > > > > years > > > > > > > maybe - > > > > > > > > > > > > humans may be able to elect tolivewithout aging. We > > > > > > > > > > > > might well be > > > > > > > > > > > > able to maintain our bodies at age 30 or 40 or whatever > > > > > > > > > > > > as long > > > > > > > as we > > > > > > > > > > > > like. In other words, we might be able to choose > > > > > > > > > > > > toliveforever. > > > > > > > > > > > > If we accept that as a possibility, I wonder what > > > > > > > > > > > > sort of > > > > > > > > > > > > philosophical issues it raises. How might our view of > > > > > > > > > > > > life and > > > > > > > death > > > > > > > > > > > > be changed, if at all? How would our economies adapt? > > > > > > > > > > > > Would > > > > > > > people > > > > > > > > > > > > still marry for life? Would it change communities? > > > > > > > > > > > > Would our > > > > > > > > > > > > objectives - happy life, great wealth, friendships, > > > > > > > > > > > > learning, > > > > > > > travel > > > > > > > > > > > > etc. - change, and if so how? And how would we settle > > > > > > > > > > > > such > > > > > > > issues? > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone care to pursue this thread? Jim- Hide > > > > > > > > > > > > quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
