choices we might just curl up into a ball and do nothing. One friend
and I chuckle that we're all pretty much on an assembly line...
On Feb 1, 5:27 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just to clarify my thought- that luck and timing can be good, bad or
> indifferent. Also rather than active thinking being a debate, it is
> more like selection. Literature and social sciences deal with layered
> communication- for instance, withholding facts, feelings or motives.
> It is often called discretion. :-) How do you mean "identity"?
>
> On Jan 31, 11:09 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > The 'making sense of things later' seems true even in the split second
> > in brain research. I regard all strategy as retrospectively devised!
> > There's a book just out by Hill and Myatt (economists) on just how
> > facile economics teaching is in universities - but this contains
> > nothing on how this has happened. Some of this seems to me connected
> > with a lack of movement beyond identity Molly.
>
> > On Jan 31, 1:30 pm, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Part of human nature is to identify with people, thoughts, ideas
> > > around us. Being able to witness your identification, and moving
> > > beyond it is the real treasure.
>
> > > On Jan 29, 9:10 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Molly your question has my mind running around its dust bins. Most my
> > > > thoughts are not original but more composites of other ideas. They are like
> > > > hand me downs,, like the 3D image comes from watching how people search
> > > > for treasure on sunken vessels, it is rags from a different ?idea?.
>
> > > > My world is a world of rags in the form of other ideas.
> > > > Allan
> > > > On Jan 29, 2012 8:21 PM, "Allan H" <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Yeah it is kind of like an old dog sappen on his favorite bone.
>
> > > > > it is trying to understand others, and what I have experienced As I have
> > > > > very few friends that like discussing God I talk to myself a lot..which is
> > > > > no problem as I am never really alone,.
> > > > > Allan
>
> > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> Not at all irrelevant. did you have more thoughts about this?
>
> > > > >> On Jan 28, 10:19 am, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> > Hi Mol&Rigs, listening to you two I've been asking myself why none of
> > > > >> > you mentions Jung and his description of the collective unconscious. I
> > > > >> > haven't read the Red Book yet, but maybe of of you has and could tell
> > > > >> > me why this is irrelevant to what you are discussing.
>
> > > > >> > On Jan 27, 2:35 pm, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > > The paramount paradox.
>
> > > > >> > > On Jan 27, 8:21 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > > > Yes- I've read a lot of Campbell and admire his efforts. In fact, I
> > > > >> > > > was going to put the Oriental Mythology of his Masks of God series
> > > > >> > > > aside to reread- Indian, Chinese and Japanese chapters. I wish I
> > > > >> could
> > > > >> > > > keep certain studies on top of my thinking but maybe I have read so
> > > > >> > > > much there is a chute to forgetfulness or a pit of scrambled
> > > > >> > > > ideas! :-) Oh, dear!
>
> > > > >> > > > However, back to your comment about looking back/within. I consider
> > > > >> > > > there is impossible split between the spiritual and material and yet
> > > > >> > > > that is our struggle to bridge- if possible.
>
> > > > >> > > > On Jan 27, 6:32 am, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > > > > Do myths disappear? Joseph Campbell mapped common human myth
> > > > >> around
> > > > >> > > > > the word and through time to discover a mechanism something close
> > > > >> to
> > > > >> > > > > common memory - the expression of the same archetypes in real
> > > > >> time,
> > > > >> > > > > isolated incidents around the globe and at the same time. This
> > > > >> > > > > phenomena has occurred throughout human history. This may tell us
> > > > >> > > > > that it is not the looking back that is important, but as Vam
> > > > >> says,
> > > > >> > > > > looking within.
>
> > > > >> > > > > On Jan 26, 5:54 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > > > > > What is original? I might argue that one is simply explicating
> > > > >> what
> > > > >> > > > > > already exists.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > Each generation assumes it has a distinct character- or needs
> > > > >> to prove
> > > > >> > > > > > that it has.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > Was thinking the reason myths disappear is because they were
> > > > >> oral and
> > > > >> > > > > > native languages are usually suppressed by the conquerors. One
> > > > >> also
> > > > >> > > > > > carries family myths- which interfere with deep communication.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > Yes- there are terrible inequities- all the more scandalous
> > > > >> because
> > > > >> > > > > > there really is plenty to go around so the root is greed and
> > > > >> distain
> > > > >> > > > > > for others. Governments only pretend to care for all its
> > > > >> citizens- it
> > > > >> > > > > > picks and chooses.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > We passed the Gilded Age- I would call this the Tinsel Age.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > On Jan 25, 9:45 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > I would say, Vam, that you often jump in the water with an
> > > > >> 'entourage'
> > > > >> > > > > > > of assumptive baggage. I probably dislike citation more than
> > > > >> you and
> > > > >> > > > > > > am not the first. Veblen would be a good start (to use some
> > > > >> rough
> > > > >> > > > > > > citation). These days, you can at least Google the name.
> > > > >> When I
> > > > >> > > > > > > started it meant a trip to the library. Anyone who has the
> > > > >> chance to
> > > > >> > > > > > > read a lot of what's available (this is still remarkably few)
> > > > >> should
> > > > >> > > > > > > discover most of what they thought their own ideas have been
> > > > >> done
> > > > >> > > > > > > before. The idea is no doubt to try to 'stand on the
> > > > >> shoulders of
> > > > >> > > > > > > giants' (itself a wisecrack by Newton on Hooke's dwarfish
> > > > >> stature).
> > > > >> > > > > > > The 'giants' always turn out flawed. Moses is a war criminal
> > > > >> in
> > > > >> > > > > > > Numbers 31, the Greeks, for all their argument, never
> > > > >> produced a
> > > > >> > > > > > > decent one against slavery (the lunatic-religious John Brown
> > > > >> being
> > > > >> > > > > > > better). Many, because they don't read enough, attribute
> > > > >> 'relativity'
> > > > >> > > > > > > to Einstein, but it has a longer and wider history. The
> > > > >> chattering
> > > > >> > > > > > > class reinvents the square wheel all over the place.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > What if the best of our system is fascist and we have grown
> > > > >> in such
> > > > >> > > > > > > culture, or a caste system? By what processes do we get an
> > > > >> > > > > > > understanding for change from such? Western propaganda would
> > > > >> have us
> > > > >> > > > > > > believe pouring resources into the gullets of the rich is
> > > > >> sensible.
> > > > >> > > > > > > We all live in the gutter. Only some of us lift our eyes to
> > > > >> the
> > > > >> > > > > > > stars. If only I was smart enough to have been first to
> > > > >> that! (Oscar
> > > > >> > > > > > > Wilde) A common jibe by academics is that common sense is
> > > > >> that which
> > > > >> > > > > > > allows us to believe the world is flat - yet flat-earth was an
> > > > >> > > > > > > academic construction - one can actually see the curvature of
> > > > >> the
> > > > >> > > > > > > Earth.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > What we need is reliable collective memory. Given our
> > > > >> capacity to
> > > > >> > > > > > > pervert, citation is usually used in a highly selective
> > > > >> manner,
> > > > >> > > > > > > usually along with a core academic (religious etc.) narrative
> > > > >> of
> > > > >> > > > > > > exclusion of competing argument. Control of what is reliable
> > > > >> memory
> > > > >> > > > > > > is, of course, just what those in power want to maintain -
> > > > >> perhaps
> > > > >> > > > > > > through principles of Home and Vanity. I will always prefer
> > > > >> the
> > > > >> > > > > > > margins to this, remembering that to oppose tyranny can
> > > > >> pervert into
> > > > >> > > > > > > its support.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > Deconstruction is only a beginning. I believe its spirit
> > > > >> concerns a
> > > > >> > > > > > > defeat of madness that includes rationalist fantasy and animal
> > > > >> > > > > > > consensus (which I sense as grasping, selfish individualism
> > > > >> easy to
> > > > >> > > > > > > rule).
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > On Jan 25, 3:26 am, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > > "Is this not an important part of the dynamic
> > > > >> multidimensional mind
> > > > >> > > > > > > > Vam, can you find nothing of value with meeting this view
> > > > >> at least as
> > > > >> > > > > > > > a challenge?"
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > > James, starting with God is a bad idea. Perhaps, ending up
> > > > >> at it is
> > > > >> > > > > > > > what needs to happen. Dawkins was in Jaipur here and I
> > > > >> found his view
> > > > >> > > > > > > > a lot more balanced, less bigoted and militant.
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > > And Neil is right : it must deal with morality. Where his
> > > > >> discourse
> > > > >> > > > > > > > runs dry is when he is quoting other people ! That is also
> > > > >> my
> > > > >> > > > > > > > compelling logic against intellectual property rights. What
> > > > >> damned
> > > > >> > > > > > > > "rights" on knowledge of any kind ? Or, why must we have to
> > > > >> give
> > > > >> > > > > > > > references, when all we wish to say is ours, with us ? If
> > > > >> it's not
> > > > >> > > > > > > > ours, for us to say, we should STFU !
>
> > > > >> > > > > > > > The formal aspect of Truth or truths is onerous. There are
> > > > >> libraries
> > > > >> > > > > > > > out there where it goes dry. It is the informal one that I
> > > > >> wish to put
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