Thinking of homage (To Catalonia), the Spaniards are now digging up the corpses of Franco's disappeared. He at least had the excuse of being fascist - I wonder what ours are?
On 8 Sep, 18:55, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Words from those wiser than I: > > "Listening not to me but to the LOGOS it is wise to agree that all > things are one." - Heraclitus (ca. 535–475 BCE): > > "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while > bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato > > "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents > and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents > eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with > it." - Max Planck > > "The most beautiful and profound emotion we can experience is the > sensation of the mystical. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who > can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To > know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself > as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull > faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms - this > knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religion." - Albert > Einstein > > “There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.” > Henry Miller > > "Stuff happens." - Donald H. Rumsfeld > > On Sep 8, 10:14 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Bill - things have been tough enough for me to really > > appreciate the other 'odd balls' in here as a beacon of hope. As a > > young boy I felt much the same about the USA (really), confusing it as > > the beacon city on the hill. I thought you guys were so democratic > > you wouldn't even get patriotic about sport! One lives and learns! > > Possibly the only thing I can claim to have been really good at is > > 'bad singing'. There has been a similar figure in my life - Howard, > > an old-style socialist who did sing-song nights at a pub I used to > > use. > > Our grandson has just started secondary school and was so impressed > > with his first day he wanted to go back! His Catholic primary school > > was about as good as we can manage. In the UK (with some reservations > > about prep schools), we seem to manage 'equality' quite well to this > > point and keep things personal and neighbourly enough. Things go sour > > after this point and I do conclude that the suppression of > > spirituality and communality after this stage is the key. I'm not > > sure I ever coped with this and the discovery of the way of the > > world. I've been unrooted all my adult life and even now miss the > > comradeship of disciplined service that replaced this, even though I > > know the experience was traumatic - the trauma being very much post > > the experience time itself. There is much we could be building on - > > my sense of this is almost marxist in terms of access to and control > > of the means of production - but I am only materialist in believing in > > this as a means to spiritual being. Fromm put this as 'to have or to > > be' - there are plenty of arguments, but it often seems little to do > > other than as a missionary or martyr - I'll stop before terms like > > 'strategic spirituality' start to come out of my management speak > > learning! > > > On 8 Sep, 01:27, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I couldn’t stop thinking of Neil (and a few others here) while > > > listening to this wonderful story teller/man. No matter ones political > > > views, my guess is that we all would love to have had him as a > > > neighbor and a friend. > > > > (It is a fairly long show…watch it when you have the time.) > > > >http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/7/the_golden_voice_of_the_great-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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
