Bill, I know you think the world of forms is illusion but when it arrives at your door that will change fast! :-)
Edgar On Nov 30, 2012, at 4:14 AM, Bill! wrote: > Edgar and RAF, > > Why are you concerned with Hindu Cycles? Don't we have to get through the > Aztec Calendar thingy first? > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: >> >> Joe, >> >> I'm pretty sure, but will let RAF speak for himself if he likes, that his >> use of the term for the last of the 4 Hindu cycles was a simply a metaphor >> for the approaching global catastrophe both he and I see approaching rather >> than any indication he believes in any of the details of Hindu mythology. >> >> >> Edgar >> >> >> >> On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Joe wrote: >> >>> RAF, >>> >>> A three-sigma signal? Or just a bump somewhere. >>> >>> Wait for five-sigma? >>> >>> Still, data requires a proper interpretation and interpreter if one wants >>> to project reliably. I *understand* your view is Indio-syncratic. It >>> doesn't mean we can't learn from it. >>> >>> But it's *I* who am now Mister Dubious. >>> >>> What goes around comes around. >>> >>> Yes, it is discharged; and much obliged. >>> >>> I put no stock in prophecy. Projecting from trends, *maybe*. But not >>> prophecy. >>> >>> Those Indians could know nothing about global warming, fresh-water >>> shortages, raging population growth, sea-level rise, massive and escalating >>> species extinctions, etc., and the commercialization of Society, where it >>> had once been only the commercialization of the Economy. >>> >>> But, "If it's not one thing, it's Another" (another folk-wisdom gem). >>> People think they're good at seeing trends and patterns, and the gullible >>> among them say it's been prophesied. You're not one of Those, I gather. >>> Come clean. Tell us Lassie's safe (oops, she passed). >>> >>> --Joe >>> >>>> R A Fonda <rafonda@> wrote: >>> >>>>> Pls. let us know; the suspense is killing us. >>>> >>>> I have overlooked your sarcasm and given you an honest answer to a snide >>>> question; my obligation is discharged. >>>> >>>> RAF >>> >>> >> > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
