Thank you, Archy. What kind of fiddly stuff? I am frustrated by your diet but it's none of my business.
On Nov 29, 10:26 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Good to know your eyes are better rigs - I'm frustrated by my > inability to do close-up fiddly stuff. > > On 30 Nov, 02:56, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ah- Mother Russia. I am close to the end of Anna K.- forgot it was 950 > > pp though I've read it twice before- maybe in twenty year intervals so > > the story reads differently each time. Quite possibly the greatest > > novel of all time, I believe. Anyway, my eye is doing well though I > > need another week of drops as the doc missed a tiny speck to remove > > and somehow I've had a "myoptic correction" and my vision is 20/20! > > Speaking of "fellowship" I had an odd call today from some scam artist > > pretending to be my grandson needing money. His voice was a dead > > giveaway to NY or New Jersey as we don't speak like that in the > > midwest. I declined his request and called the police but they weren't > > interested as long as I didn't send money and I guess they have real > > work to do. :-) So this dude craves loot and others crave other things > > and a good deal of human cravings have nothing to do with our > > understanding of god, religion, country, society, art & science, etc. > > Back to the idea of the instinct for survival in spite of the sureness > > of our death, my personal feeling that the best we can do is to try to > > live a moral life as best we can correcting ourselves as we stumble > > and learn and those paths are numerous as one can not fault a monk or > > contemplative, can one? > > > On Nov 29, 6:39 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > At least you have soul Al - perhaps in the Russian sense. RP is not > > > without in that sense either. It's hard to be inter-subjective about > > > god a a formulation though we seem to crave fellowship. > > > > On 29 Nov, 23:05, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I doubt I am a great soul, though I have spent years contemplating the > > > > idea. > > > > Allan > > > > > Matrix ** th3 beginning light > > > > On Nov 29, 2012 9:11 PM, "RP Singh" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Allan , carefully reading all the' trash' that you spew out makes me > > > > > wonder ...maybe you are the greatest soul wrapped in a human body. > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Allan H <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > My apologies RP, due to what I consider trash I don't waste my time > > > > > > carefully reading what you write.. > > > > > > > Now I am wondering the origin of this vision.. ;o) I am waiting to > > > > > read. > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> me (RP Singh change) Post reply > > > > > > >> 4/26/10 > > > > > >> [Mind's Eye] Re: God and I > > > > > > >> Consciousness has to do with the senses and the sense-objects. > > > > > >> Sight, > > > > > >> hearing, etc. I see a door as grey in colour and at a distance of > > > > > >> 25 > > > > > >> yards from me, does God see it as grey in colour and at a > > > > > >> distance. > > > > > >> No God is immanent in the door, he is the grey colour, he is the > > > > > >> door , he is the distance and he is me ,the observer. God is in > > > > > >> everything and is thus all-pervading , he is in every will and is > > > > > >> therefore the real doer, he is in all beings and non-beings and > > > > > >> is > > > > > >> therefore omniscient. > > > > > > >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Allan H <[email protected]> > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >>> gee I never read any thing by RP saying that God is the totality > > > > > >>> of > > > > > >>> every thing.. > > > > > >>> Allan > > > > > > >>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Lee Douglas > > > > > >>> <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >>>> Heh okay then, RP and myself share the belife that God is the > > > > > >>>> totaliy > > > > > of > > > > > >>>> everything, although we differ on some things we can at least > > > > > >>>> agree > > > > > on this. > > > > > > >>>> We Sikhs would express it thusly: 'Ik onkar, sat naam' losely > > > > > translated as > > > > > >>>> '1God, true name'. Now True Name, what does that mean? God's > > > > > >>>> name > > > > > is true, > > > > > >>>> or truth? Or perhaps that God is true/truth? > > > > > > >>>> Personaly I would explain it this way. Before the begining, > > > > > >>>> there > > > > > was only > > > > > >>>> God, but God in spirt, God said (to steal form the Bible) 'Let > > > > > >>>> there > > > > > >>>> be.....' and thus the creation was created. Matter from the > > > > > >>>> spirt of > > > > > God. > > > > > >>>> Thus the totality of the universe is God, the reality is God and > > > > > >>>> the > > > > > truth > > > > > >>>> is God. I heard it expressed just yesterday that God was Anaam > > > > > (Nameless) > > > > > >>>> and by atributing Naam to Godself the creation came into being. > > > > > >>>> Not > > > > > too far > > > > > >>>> removed from the Hindu concept of Om I suppose. > > > > > > >>>> On Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:53:13 UTC, gabbydott wrote: > > > > > > >>>>> I would know if it was different, if i understood what you > > > > > >>>>> meant, > > > > > Lee! > > > > > >>>>> Circling forwards in loops, arent we? > > > > > > >>>>> Am 29.11.2012 15:02 schrieb "Lee Douglas" <[email protected]>: > > > > > > >>>> -- > > > > > > >>> -- > > > > > >>> ( > > > > > >>> ) > > > > > >>> |_D Allan > > > > > > >>> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > > > > > >>> I am a Natural Airgunner - > > > > > > >>> Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. > > > > > > >>> -- > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ( > > > > > > ) > > > > > > |_D Allan > > > > > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > > > > > > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > > > > > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > --- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
