Amsterdam politicians have been apt to talk of levelling the red lights and replacing them with a red carpet to the museums and theatre. I liked the piano barge. In another form of mysticism one can see what lies beneath. Der Wallen is a place to see trafficking and exploitation, then throw up. I did a coffee shop instead - walking red light districts is like unpaid overtime to me. Took the technicolour yawner on a tram to see some flower fields. Beauty is fine until you think of it as 'not ugly', thus making ugliness and disability some kind of sin.
Personally, I love mindful mindlessness as the basis of being able to do nothing. Tried it on this laptop the other day before effecting a cure with the soldering iron. Mysticism can be good, but also mystification. Angels and devils again. On Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:27:49 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: > > The museums of Amsterdam are great, somethings are good with much that is > os question. I do not like wandering around their either. You are right it > is in the eye if the beholder. Greatfully it is out of bicycling range > Leiden is 10 km one way Den Haag (Den Hague) 10 km a different direction > the difference between the two is Lieden is a city where as Den Haag is i > oversize town and does not qualify as a city by dutch law. > Everything is a matter of perspective. > > ~~ > لا القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد أو إيذاء الآخرين > Do not murder, rape, enslave or harm others > > -----Original Message----- > From: archytas <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:03 > Subject: Mind's Eye Re: Mysticism > > A guy I didn't like walked through Amsterdam's red light district with me > years ago. He threw up over the nearest canal bridge. I rather liked his > mystic summary of the place. Reality, one suspects, is not in the eye of > the beholder. > > On Saturday, December 20, 2014 9:10:24 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: >> >> To quote >> >> "mysticism is the art of union with Reality." >> >> >> "The old story of Eyes and No-Eyes is really the story of the mystical >> and unmystical types. "No-Eyes" has fixed his attention on the fact that he >> is obliged to take a walk. For him the chief factor of existence is his own >> movement along the road; a movement which he intends to accomplish as >> efficiently and comfortably as he can. He asks not to know what may >> be on either side of the hedges. He ignores the caress of the wind until >> it threatens to remove his hat. He trudges along, steadily, >> diligently; avoiding the muddy pools, but oblivious of the light which >> they reflect. >> "Eyes" takes the walk too: and for him it is a perpetual revelation of >> beauty and wonder. The sunlight inebriates him, the winds delight him, the >> very effort of the journey is a joy. Magic presences throng the roadside, >> or cry salutations to him >> from the hidden fields. The rich world through which he moves lies in the >> fore-ground of his consciousness; and it gives up new secrets to him at >> every step. "No-Eyes," when told of his adventures adventures, usually >> refuses to believe that both have gone by the same road. He fancies that >> his companion has been floating about in the air, or beset by agreeable >> hallucinations. We shall never >> persuade him to the contrary unless we persuade him to look for himself." >> >> ~~ >> لا القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد أو إيذاء الآخرين >> Do not murder, rape, enslave or harm others > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
