And I owe you a book - I have friend coming from Japan for a few weeks - he said he'd take it back and send it to you...
Keith Addison wrote: >Nice, Mike! Keep going, don't stop now - we'll make an animist of you yet! :-) > >Best > >Keith > > > > >>Hi robert and List...I think it's funnny this thread "Disney" should >>eventually lead to a question of "god." >> Anyway, excellent clarification of the question, robert. By >>answering "whose god?" we get an idea of the god who is whose god, >>IF we've taken the time to understand the individual's or culture's >>god. I would like to suggest further that by trying to understand >>an individual's or culture's god, we have our best opportunity to >>understand what motivates the individual or culture and, thereby, >>the individual's or culture's behavior. For myself, having been >>raised in the Roman Catholic Church, but long long since denounced >>any membership, I have struggled with whether or not there exists >>"god" at all, and if so, how? Consequently, perhaps this is at least >>one reason why my behavior has tended throughout the years to focus >>more and more on the thing in front of me and less on the past and >>future. I cannot deny that separateness is an illusion and, of >>course, along with it notions of "independence" and "freedom." All >>of of us eat the same dirt, breathe the same air, drink the same >>water, at least the essence of the same of each of these, since the >>quality of what ultimately reaches each of us can and does vary >>dramatically. Nonetheless, I am taken more and more with what binds >>us and what is my essence. Presently, I am saying consciousness and >>curiosity. What does this mean for my behavior? Obviously, it will >>depend upon the situation, and that's a place I like to occupy. >>Leaves plenty of wiggle room to do whatever the heck I want and not >>feel bad about myself because I'm not living some "pure" form of >>existence. Recently, I began to think of god in terms of >>"intelligent energy" and ultimately consciousness and curiosity. >>Then yesterday I was walking a daily walk I take and I wondered what >>it might be like to have the whole of the universe spread out before >>me and within me with nothing separate from me, everthing resolving >>itself as part of me who is conscious and curious. I had to stop >>and start laughing--and crying--and mostly wondering. I'm still >>there today when I have seen this post to the List and an >>opportunity to think out loud, if you will. >> Maybe all of this is random meaninglessness. Maybe. I'm >>satisfied, however, whatever it is or is not, all of >>us are connected and that it is only "the devil in the details" that >>deceives us and blinds us to, perhaps, a reality more magnificent >>than anything we can imagine. For some of us, sadly, this "devil" >>is the "god" that motivates us, making it seemingly impossible to >>ever attempt a real understanding of "whose god?" "who is god?" >>Mike DuPree >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "robert and benita rabello" <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL >>PROTECTED]> >>To: <<mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org>biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >>Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 1:31 PM >>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Disney >> >> >> >>>bob allen wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Who's god? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> As in "who IS god"? Or "whose god"? The answer to that question is >>>different in both cases! : - ) >>> >>>robert luis rabello >>>"The Edge of Justice" >>>Adventure for Your Mind >>><http://www.newadventure.ca>http://www.newadventure.ca >>> >>>Ranger Supercharger Project Page >>><http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/>http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ >>> >>> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
