the new zealand reference was from a john wyndham book: the chrysalids: a post-apocalyptic world in which new zealand and parts of canada are some of the few habitable areas remaining.
but i won't say more than that about it cos it is worth reading. --- ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like that Gav, meta-ideas, ideas about ideas that > add intellect to > the simple (social) communication of ideas. > > Qualified by the word "effectively" I think you are > right about > telepathy. One thing is sure, if we shared the same > "common interests" > there would be little opportunity for war and > conflict. > > New Zealand I had the good fortune to visit three > times when I was > based in Oz a couple of years ago - beautiful place. > What are you > suggesting ? A location for an enlightened community > ? > > Ian > > On 7/3/07, gav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > the intellectual level is about ideas. ideas and > the > > relationships between ideas, which are a higher > level > > of ideas... and so on... > > > > until an intellectual/intuitive apprehension of > the > > *whole* is gained - a singular 'principle'; > unified > > vision. > > > > at this point the intellect is transcended. time > and > > space are transcended. separation is transcended. > the > > sum total of all awareness is available. > > > > these moments, or anything approaching them, are > rare > > and fleeting for most of us but they will > naturally > > (if encouraged) enlarge in scope and dimension, > > eventually merging into a base awareness, upon > which > > the intellect will be used adroitly and therefore > > sparingly. > > > > communication will become more evocative, > complete, > > deep, honest as the individual's awareness becomes > > more finely tuned... effectively telepathy. > > > > telepathy would mean an end to war. the interests > of > > all become identical (as they naturally tend to) > with > > the interests of the one. the two are seen, felt, > as > > two aspects of the same unified entity. to > > differentiate one's own good from the good of all > > becomes a meaningless statement. the good of you > is > > the good of all and vice-versa and that's that. > > > > new zealand anyone? > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo!7 Mail has just got even bigger and better > with unlimited storage on all webmail accounts. > > > http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html > > > > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo!7 Mail has just got even bigger and better with unlimited storage on all webmail accounts. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
