It is my late belief that a woman should learn to live with a large
dog or a horse before she takes on a man in life! :-) I agree about
cats- though I have tried to get along with several- they cannot be
trusted- are imperious- and their purrs are manipulative. However,
cats do provide an important place in nature as a predator of pests
and culler of weaker members of herds- an efficient system that has
been undermined by man- who else?// I think moral relativism is
calculating so I do not have much respect for it as an operating
system. I sense my failure or sin by the furies who will not give me
peace until I try to right the wrong- it is non-verbal and clumsy with
language- which is evident- and sometimes I wish music, numbers or
color were our means of expression/explanation. ("Show Me"- "My Fair
Lady")// Incidentally, relative to other posts that I have skimmed to
thin milk, I do see design and a plan in our world- in Nature. I
suppose that makes me a pantheist...On Aug 30, 11:09 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > The only one who knows what is going on in my book is the dog (as with > the horse in Don Quixote). One might say relativism is really about > listening and watching for the better view. I miss my old dog - the > cats are entirely more bossy and less grateful. I assume cats were > named after the bustard, an entirely more appropriate handle for > them! If relativism is this, it implies a form of realism. Dogs and > cats have long recognised this, understanding or relatively different > world and manipulating our place in theirs. > > On 30 Aug, 15:27, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Oh, I'm doing fine, too. Growing wiser, as we call it over here. :-) > > > On 30 Aug., 15:48, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi gabby, > > > > We're both fine ... just getting old and crotchety. Actually Zoe's > > > older than I am now. You know how it is with dogs. Seven to one > > > human year. Haven't been doing much on ME of late, but I hang in > > > there. How about you? > > > > On Aug 30, 5:34 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I haven't heard you talking about Zoe for quite some time. How are you > > > > two? > > > > > On 29 Aug., 18:39, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > If you're view of the spiritual has anything to do with a god, heaven > > > > > or any other such mythology, then I have to agree, you are 250% > > > > > correct. My view is tremendously different. > > > > > > However, if your view of the spiritual has to do with compassion, > > > > > empathy, the human element and the like then we may be, if not on the > > > > > same page, at least reading the same book. > > > > > > On Aug 27, 4:02 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 26 Aug, 17:55, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > A Reply In General Regarding What Has Gone Before > > > > > > > > In the grand scheme of things (of which we know little to > > > > > > > nothing) I > > > > > > > believe that human beings and human society are metaphorically and > > > > > > > pragmatically barely in adolescence and it appears we have the ego > > > > > > > that usually accompanies such an fragile and awkward time of life. > > > > > > > > /e > > > > > > > I agree. However I see the process of spiritual puberty (the > > > > > > process in which we finally 'grow up' spiritually) differently > > > > > > than, I > > > > > > think, you do. And the growing pains are bound to upset those whose > > > > > > paradigm is overturned in the process.- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
