You see, this supports my premise that there are no original thoughts.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote:
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> > I will admit, whether an original thought or not, I got a big kick out of
> > trying to wrap my mind around the question "Does God Evolve?"
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> "The truth itself is nothing else than how the composite natures of the
> organic actualities of the world obtain adequate representation in the divine
> nature. Such representations compose the `consequent nature' of God, which
> evolves in its relationship to the evolving world without derogation to the
> eternal completion of its primordial conceptual nature."
> Alfred North Whitehead
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> ________________________________
> > From: Susan <wayback71@>
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:45 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] In praise of Barry (Re: Coup de foudre)
> >
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> > Â
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, khazana108 <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is one thing I like about Barry: that he tells this story. He is
> > > almost certainly being ridiculed for it, and he knows it, but he doesn't
> > > care. He really doesn't care. See how little guarded he is. In this case
> > > it is particularly clear, that he simply shares this, very personal
> > > moment, just the way he experienced it, and just shares his own
> > > reflections, as if he would be telling this to his best friend! There is
> > > no hidden agenda, no cynicism, or irony, he simply shares this moment of
> > > transcendence IN the world, the awe he experienced.
> > >
> > > And I think he does this here in general: this is Barry's MO. He has some
> > > kind of recognition, some truth he recognizes, and then he throws it at
> > > us, not really caring too much how people react, in take-it-or-leave-it
> > > style. He has this inner independence, and that's a great thing I think.
> > > He could be more sensitive, to not hurt people, sure. But he is almost
> > > completely innocent in this. Now take it or leave it.
> >
> > Well said. I agree with this 100%. And this is why I look forward to
> > reading Barry's posts. He puts his ideas out there - are some are terrific
> > and interesting. Some not so much to me, but so what?
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Today's koan:ÃÂ Maharishi explains there's 100% determinism, 100%
> > > > free will.ÃÂ I love these paradoxes!
> > > >
> > > > Gangaji said, and I'm paraphrasing:ÃÂ if you think you're the doer,
> > > > then it's better if you do what you think is right to do.
> > > >
> > > > B, what comes out of the jello first, sound or light?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@>
> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 3:06 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Coup de foudre
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ÃÂ
> > > > On 10/22/2012 07:59 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> > > > > I had an interesting experience this morning, interesting primarily
> > > > > because I've only had such an experience a few times in my life, and
> > > > > it's been a long time since the last one.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was out walking in my neighborhood and saw a woman approaching on a
> > > > > bakfiets (a bicycle with a passenger compartment on the front, similar
> > > > > to the Babboe I posted about earlier). She had two small kids --
> > > > > boys, I
> > > > > think -- in the compartment, but to tell the truth I'm not sure they
> > > > > were boys because I couldn't take my eyes off of her face. I found her
> > > > > incredibly beautiful. Not in a supermodel or actress sort of way,
> > > > > more a
> > > > > "Wow...this is a very real and interesting person" sort of way. And
> > > > > not
> > > > > in the least in a lustful sort of way. She just instantly captured my
> > > > > interest, so I smiled. She smiled back, and then pedaled past me and
> > > > > turned down a street parallel to mine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unwilling to part with that delightful second of appreciation, I
> > > > > turned
> > > > > to watch her pedal away. She turned to look at me, too. We both smiled
> > > > > again, and then she pedaled on.
> > > > >
> > > > > That's all. You were maybe expecting her to have stopped and asked me
> > > > > to
> > > > > feel her ass? :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > That short interaction may not sound like much of a moment to others,
> > > > > but to me it's of interest because several times in my life such a
> > > > > moment of mutual recognition and appreciation has led to wonderful and
> > > > > memorable love affairs.
> > > > >
> > > > > One of those times, interestingly enough, occurred on an ATR course of
> > > > > at the old Cobb Mountain TM facility. It was the first day, and never
> > > > > having been there before I was walking around checking things out. She
> > > > > walked by me, I got that powerful "flash of recognition" feeling, and
> > > > > then she'd walked past. No smiles this time; there wasn't really time.
> > > > > But the flash was enough to stop me in my tracks and cause me to turn
> > > > > around and look at her walking away. But she wasn't walking away. She
> > > > > had stopped and turned around and was looking at me, too. We didn't
> > > > > hook
> > > > > up on that course, but we did later, and it was memorable indeed, at
> > > > > least from my side. Lovely woman.
> > > > >
> > > > > So I never ignore such moments. I may never see this woman in Leiden
> > > > > again, but if I don't it really doesn't matter. In my experience such
> > > > > moments are timeless, in the sense that they quite possibly cut across
> > > > > the boundaries of one incarnation and intrude with memories of
> > > > > another.
> > > > > If we run into one another again in this incarnation, I'll get to see
> > > > > what happens. If not, that's what future incarnations are for. :-)
> > > >
> > > > You hate jyotish but then I wouldn't be surprised if your horoscope
> > > > shows a "sanyasi yoga" or at least a weak 7th lord which means that
> > > > your
> > > > life isn't set up for long term relationships such as marriage. And
> > > > if
> > > > you attempted marriage it might well end in divorce. One of the most
> > > > common questions astrologers get is "will I ever be married?" And in
> > > > every case where that question came up I could see that the horoscope
> > > > didn't support it. Which is why they asked the question in the first
> > > > place. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't try but it is getting a
> > > > little late in the day. ;-)
> > > >
> > > > I was thinking about the free will and pre-destiny issue the other day
> > > > and thinking that one problem is that people think of the transcendent
> > > > like it is air. Try thinking of it as jello and we are being wiggled
> > > > around by its shaking. That's what we experience as "life." In that
> > > > context the next thought you have was predetermined at the inception of
> > > > the universe when the fundamental tone was struck. We are nothing but
> > > > part of the overtones. I had that thought years ago and learned a
> > > > while
> > > > back that physicists labeled it "string theory" in it is like a string
> > > > being struck. Makes sense to me. But enjoy life anyway as if there is
> > > > free will.
> > > >
> > >
> >
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