"In fact, there are an infinite number of ways to look at most
everything. An open mind allows for a multitude of perspectives from
which to choose in any given moment."
Jeffrey R. Anderson,
The Nature of Things - Navigating Everyday Life with Grace
Really? Tell me again how many ways you can interpret, say, "Thou shalt not steal"? Or "Thou shalt not lie"? Or "Thou shalt not murder"?
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Elephant Story, Revised
“It is impossible to describe a landscape so validly as to exclude all
other descriptions, for no one can see the landscape in all its aspects
at the same time, and no single view can prevent the existence and
validity of other equally possible views.”
― Frithjof Schuon, In the Face of the Absolute
True. But only up to a point: the Designer of the landscape, dwelling outside and above it, would have the complete view. It would be foolishness to spurn His description.
― Frithjof Schuon, In the Face of the Absolute
True. But only up to a point: the Designer of the landscape, dwelling outside and above it, would have the complete view. It would be foolishness to spurn His description.
Speaking of Which
"Inside the hidden train – of whose existence I am convinced – there
could be dangerous materials from the time of the Second World War." This is a Polish guy named Zuchowski, commenting on some ostensible Nazi booty train hidden in Poland.
Now, in my last post, we touched on people who think they're neither male nor female (perhaps eons ago, somewhere in the annals of Darwinianism, there even was such a thing as a neuter humanoid creature---a glorified hermaphrodite, perhaps {snort}). It seems that in the same way energy doesn't get lost but simply transmogrifies, gender also can not just merely evaporate: it transfers to objects. In the new (alchemistic?) economy of things, trains can now be human. This type of anthropomorphizing surpasses even the wildest Frankensteinian dreams of mutation.
Sigh. No, not "of whose existence I am convinced," but "the existence of which I am convinced." (Altho, frankly, "Which I am convinced truly exists" would go across much better.)
Then again, maybe I'm being too regressive...after all there's long been
Now, in my last post, we touched on people who think they're neither male nor female (perhaps eons ago, somewhere in the annals of Darwinianism, there even was such a thing as a neuter humanoid creature---a glorified hermaphrodite, perhaps {snort}). It seems that in the same way energy doesn't get lost but simply transmogrifies, gender also can not just merely evaporate: it transfers to objects. In the new (alchemistic?) economy of things, trains can now be human. This type of anthropomorphizing surpasses even the wildest Frankensteinian dreams of mutation.
Sigh. No, not "of whose existence I am convinced," but "the existence of which I am convinced." (Altho, frankly, "Which I am convinced truly exists" would go across much better.)
Then again, maybe I'm being too regressive...after all there's long been
Generic Gender
"I don't relate to being boy or girl, and I don't have to have my partner relate to boy or girl." Miley Cyrus recently stated that she's pansexual. This could mean:
(1) She's attracted only to men with a Peter Pan complex.
(2) She's got a fetish for skillets.
(3) She likes to have mirrors all over the room she commits carnal relations in.
(4) She doesn't mind which letter of the gender alphabet soup her partner happens to subscribe to. Or....
(5) She prefers this type of "man":
The whole concept is so absurd, I trust you won't object to my satyrical view...
(1) She's attracted only to men with a Peter Pan complex.
(2) She's got a fetish for skillets.
(3) She likes to have mirrors all over the room she commits carnal relations in.
(4) She doesn't mind which letter of the gender alphabet soup her partner happens to subscribe to. Or....
(5) She prefers this type of "man":
The whole concept is so absurd, I trust you won't object to my satyrical view...
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Hogwash
"We make our own meanings but should not mistake them for ultimate
purposes. In my experience, settling into pointlessness is wonderfully
freeing. And giving up free will – and the ‘me’ who would wield it – is
the way to openness, kindness and happiness." (source)
Aside from the fact that this tripe is utterly nonsensical, red flags go up when someone touts "giving up free will" and the 'me' who would wield it [as if free will were some sort of weapon!]": sounds like a philosophy playing right into the hands of those who would (a) like to take away all our freedoms and (b) mold each of us into a colorless, uniform drone subject to The Almighty State and its despots.
Aside from the fact that this tripe is utterly nonsensical, red flags go up when someone touts "giving up free will" and the 'me' who would wield it [as if free will were some sort of weapon!]": sounds like a philosophy playing right into the hands of those who would (a) like to take away all our freedoms and (b) mold each of us into a colorless, uniform drone subject to The Almighty State and its despots.
Would Diagramming Make a Difference?
"Being small, fat and asthmatic make it problematic to do much running, but he's determined to if he can."
No. The verb needs to be "makes." Why? Well, locate the subject: "small," "fat," and "asthmatic" are adjectives that modify "being." So, the subject is "being."
I myself never learned to diagram sentences (even though I taught 12th grade and 6th grade English), so I don't know if I'd say everybody should learn it (I've looked it up and find it horrendously confusing, but I've known people who boasted about their prowess doing it in school [yet whose grammar was aTROWWWWcious, so go figure]). But it might benefit some people.
I find it easier just to zoom in on the subject and go from there. Quick and effective. If you know what the principle parts of speech are, then you really don't need to bother with diagramming: after all, diagramming didn't come on the scene till 1847, yet literary greats like Shakespeare, Homer and Cicero created their masterpieces anyway.
Footnote: There are those who swear by it for improving kids' reading. Perhaps, but I was one who never even had phonics, just people at home reading to me all the time...resulting in my being able to read before I ever entered first grade. By Fall of 5th grade, CATs said that I was reading at the level of a 5th month 11th grader.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
No. The verb needs to be "makes." Why? Well, locate the subject: "small," "fat," and "asthmatic" are adjectives that modify "being." So, the subject is "being."
I myself never learned to diagram sentences (even though I taught 12th grade and 6th grade English), so I don't know if I'd say everybody should learn it (I've looked it up and find it horrendously confusing, but I've known people who boasted about their prowess doing it in school [yet whose grammar was aTROWWWWcious, so go figure]). But it might benefit some people.
I find it easier just to zoom in on the subject and go from there. Quick and effective. If you know what the principle parts of speech are, then you really don't need to bother with diagramming: after all, diagramming didn't come on the scene till 1847, yet literary greats like Shakespeare, Homer and Cicero created their masterpieces anyway.
Footnote: There are those who swear by it for improving kids' reading. Perhaps, but I was one who never even had phonics, just people at home reading to me all the time...resulting in my being able to read before I ever entered first grade. By Fall of 5th grade, CATs said that I was reading at the level of a 5th month 11th grader.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Odd "Coincidence"?
The other day, I watched "Soylent Green." This movie came out in '73. In '74, there were still fears about an imminent ice age. Yet in this dystopian story set in 2022, the whole earth has become a sauna bath, with all the ensuing problems that entails. So, how could they know in '73 about global warming? (Disclaimer: I do not believe it stems from cars, jets, industry, elevators, air conditioners, or cow gas; my inclination is to believe it stems partly from the solar cycle, and mostly from geoengineering.)
A possible explanation is a theory called "The Revelation of the Method," which I am more and more inclined to believe, as I've seen movie after movie (and tarot cards) and books foreshadowing things that eventually actually come to pass.
A possible explanation is a theory called "The Revelation of the Method," which I am more and more inclined to believe, as I've seen movie after movie (and tarot cards) and books foreshadowing things that eventually actually come to pass.
Reverse Is Better ;)
“In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!”
Amazingly, that quote by Woody Allen seems to apply to this creature! Too bad He didn't wire us humans the same way...
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Odd Connection
Liberals and google both suffer from the side effects of artificial "intelligence" (cf. my several google-goof posts here): this is the latest poppycock about "global warming. I'm again reminded of "they became futile in their 'reasoning'."
Foretaste of Things To Come
Forestalled...for the moment...but give it time, and it will triumph. The fact that this happened at all demonstrates how putrid our society has become. But we shouldn't be surprised, since pushing the "gay" agenda on the schools was the "appetizer" for this.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Make Up Your Mind
Way back in '58, we were (supposedly) headed for this, but then of course, the litany changed to the GreenHouse Creed. Now, we're back to the scenario mentioned in '58 {snort}.
Scientists. You gotta love'm...
Scientists. You gotta love'm...
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Leaping Lizards!
That chemo is toxic (and perhaps not the medicine of choice for treating cancer---I'm leary of having had to undergo it myself) is a truism. But to my great astonishment, another poison actually finds its way into the anti-diabetes arsenal. Its source is gila monsters (some articles say the drug comes from their saliva, while others cite their venom). Who'd have thought that such a clunky old lizard could actually benefit sick folk? But, as with most meds, and poison especially, it's got its drawbacks.
The paradox of using poison for healing parallels that of so many poisonous animals having a beautiful exterior. Nature's properties always have a reason, so I'm wondering why poison would be packaged so attractively? You'd think that, on the contrary, they'd appear as repulsive as possible to keep predators at bay. Definitely puzzling...
The paradox of using poison for healing parallels that of so many poisonous animals having a beautiful exterior. Nature's properties always have a reason, so I'm wondering why poison would be packaged so attractively? You'd think that, on the contrary, they'd appear as repulsive as possible to keep predators at bay. Definitely puzzling...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Global Health Care At Its Best
You don't have to be an earth-firster to lament the ever worsening contamination of the earth and the air. Every time I hear about the long term effects of things like Fukushima, Agent Orange, EPA river spill heavy metals sediment, mercury in the oceans, and on and on, it makes me once again think about the Ultimate Health Care that will one day cure us of all the toxins already present as well as those even worse ones still down the road:
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Ah, for That Day to finally arrive!
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Ah, for That Day to finally arrive!
Different Method, Same Result
There're those who think I'm an alarmist lunatic for suggesting as I did in a recent post here that the Feds are trying to gain complete control over our water supplies so they can really tighten the screws on us. Well, I'm "pleased" to announce that I was right.
Of Chaperones & Chastity Belts
"Modern" man isn't: oh, sure, he may have a bit more technological savvy than "CroMagnon" man, but at his core, he's still the same savage as those doomed by The Deluge.
Take rape, for example: it's a truism that males can easily become predators (especially under the influence of drugs, booze and other males, whether they be full-fledged gangs or just buddies). Which is why in some societies, a chaperone always kept watch over nubile young women whenever a non-relative male was present.
But since the advent of feminism (which of course touts a spurious equivalence of men and women), such practices are deemed quaint at best, and insulting at worst. Nay, the West has "progressed" so far that girls are even encouraged to outdrink, outsmoke and outcuss their male classmates. Gone are the days when girls learned to be ladies, and men were expected to act like gentlemen (you might be surprised to learn that many states in the Union had laws on the books against even using cuss words in the presence of females). Now, it's a bacchanalian free for all.
Never mind that women always end up getting the short end of the stick, because whether the feminists like it or not, women are (a) not as strong as men and (b) when nubile, viewed primarily thru a sexual lens by men, ESPECIALLY if the women, say, hang out in a bar or any other venue where there's partying. And of course, women's vulnerability has increased exponentially since the advent of date rape drugs (altho even mere inebriation suffices).
Now, in the old days, for problems like this, someone came up with the chastity belt. Up until recently, in the "modern" world, that device was the butt of scorn, horror or mocking. But no longer. Enter capitalistic ingenuity: this upgraded version is presently in the developmental stage. It remains to be seen how effective they really are (not to mention the many problems they present, viz. too hot [no pun intended {snort}], too cumbersome in the event of...well, let's just say "plumbing emergencies," too expensive for all but the affluent, etc.).
It's this sort of thing that at times tempts me to believe the Orientals are onto something when they claim that history is cyclical...Or, as Ecclesiastes puts it, "There's nothing new under the sun."
Less comfortable prototypes:
Take rape, for example: it's a truism that males can easily become predators (especially under the influence of drugs, booze and other males, whether they be full-fledged gangs or just buddies). Which is why in some societies, a chaperone always kept watch over nubile young women whenever a non-relative male was present.
But since the advent of feminism (which of course touts a spurious equivalence of men and women), such practices are deemed quaint at best, and insulting at worst. Nay, the West has "progressed" so far that girls are even encouraged to outdrink, outsmoke and outcuss their male classmates. Gone are the days when girls learned to be ladies, and men were expected to act like gentlemen (you might be surprised to learn that many states in the Union had laws on the books against even using cuss words in the presence of females). Now, it's a bacchanalian free for all.
Never mind that women always end up getting the short end of the stick, because whether the feminists like it or not, women are (a) not as strong as men and (b) when nubile, viewed primarily thru a sexual lens by men, ESPECIALLY if the women, say, hang out in a bar or any other venue where there's partying. And of course, women's vulnerability has increased exponentially since the advent of date rape drugs (altho even mere inebriation suffices).
Now, in the old days, for problems like this, someone came up with the chastity belt. Up until recently, in the "modern" world, that device was the butt of scorn, horror or mocking. But no longer. Enter capitalistic ingenuity: this upgraded version is presently in the developmental stage. It remains to be seen how effective they really are (not to mention the many problems they present, viz. too hot [no pun intended {snort}], too cumbersome in the event of...well, let's just say "plumbing emergencies," too expensive for all but the affluent, etc.).
It's this sort of thing that at times tempts me to believe the Orientals are onto something when they claim that history is cyclical...Or, as Ecclesiastes puts it, "There's nothing new under the sun."
Less comfortable prototypes:
Monday, August 17, 2015
Just One More Reason Amongst a Passel...
why you don't want the Feds involved in health "care."
"By forcing recipients to choose between their benefits and their home protection, they are trampling both the spirit and the text of the Bill of Rights." (source)
"By forcing recipients to choose between their benefits and their home protection, they are trampling both the spirit and the text of the Bill of Rights." (source)
Saturday, August 15, 2015
They Won't Come Clean
"McGrath said future runoff from storms will kick that toxic sediment back into the water, which means there will need to be long-term monitoring."
Having spent all but 3 months of my grade school years in the beautiful state of Colorado (5.5 year long love affair with the Rockies and their lakes and rivers), this story really affected me. I don't doubt the "PEA"-brains did it on purpose, but I'm wondering if in addition to the reason cited by the geologist quoted in this article, the other motive was to start a gradual spread across the country of similar incidents, making water so scarce that only the Feds can dole it out----meaning even more control over ours lives and welfare. (One of the ironies in this whole debacle is the name of the river, "Animas." The only thing that kind of bilge can animate is death.)
And of course, the fallout from this also affects the farmers and ranchers. All these calamities the past years (including the millions of chickens that had to be put down, the tomato disaster, etc.) make it really hard not to see a pattern, a DELIBERATE pattern with the ultimate aim of causing economic and political chaos and poverty, which will then eventuate in total Statism.
Having spent all but 3 months of my grade school years in the beautiful state of Colorado (5.5 year long love affair with the Rockies and their lakes and rivers), this story really affected me. I don't doubt the "PEA"-brains did it on purpose, but I'm wondering if in addition to the reason cited by the geologist quoted in this article, the other motive was to start a gradual spread across the country of similar incidents, making water so scarce that only the Feds can dole it out----meaning even more control over ours lives and welfare. (One of the ironies in this whole debacle is the name of the river, "Animas." The only thing that kind of bilge can animate is death.)
And of course, the fallout from this also affects the farmers and ranchers. All these calamities the past years (including the millions of chickens that had to be put down, the tomato disaster, etc.) make it really hard not to see a pattern, a DELIBERATE pattern with the ultimate aim of causing economic and political chaos and poverty, which will then eventuate in total Statism.
Friday, August 14, 2015
It's Camouflaged, But No Less---
a religion. I have long been saying it, but so do others (see URLs below). Leftism is a stealth religion. Stealth because it masquerades as politics and doesn't manifest with the classical trappings of religion. Functionally, it is a faith.
One of the most influential men in history (IMHO the most influential) said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." Now, He wasn't just saying man's soul is programmed to need nourishment by the Truth in the same way man's body requires protein. His statement contains something even more significant: that man, both individually and collectively, if he does NOT choose the Truth to live on and by, will INELUCTABLY find some sort of junk food to gorge on. This happens because society has to function somehow, which is a spiritual, not a scientific issue.
Science can not tell us what is morally and ethically right and wrong, or what is spiritually dangerous (i.e. the whole occult realm), nor does it slake the soul's thirst. Science by its very nature can not handle matters pertaining to the soul or the spirit (cf. as a hilarious example, my posts about Google's inability to match images, and I think I've also mentioned the comical results that more often than not result when you use an A.I. translation system). It is limited in its purview to the material realm. Science trying to apply its tools to understanding the matters of the soul and spirit is about like trying to understand the future by reading entrails.
But since man"kind" long ago was hit by a Cosmic Trojan that caused massive mutations not only in his own soul, spirit, mind and body, but also in the universe itself, he malfunctions on multiple levels, meaning that he will consistently default to error (picture an invidious "Home Page" toolbar being covertly installed in your computer). He needs to constantly be reformatted to The Original O.S., or he comes up with various substitute junk O.S.'s.
Depending on how scientifically and technologically advanced any given society is, the junk O.S. might be quite sophisticated (compare, for example, Nazism or Bolshevism with something like the average headhunter tribe). In his mission to convert the whole world, the Leftist evinces the same passion for his creed as Torquemada. He's just as keen to bring his message of "salvation" to all the lost "reactionaries" out in the DogPatches of politicaldom as St. Paul was in spreading The Good News to the Gentiles (the difference of course being that Paul never used the slightest violence---persuasion and proclamation being rather his weapons of choice).
But don't take my word for it; read other people's insights on it (no, these are not religious articles, some even written by Jews):
"Leftism, the Religion"
"Leftism: a Radical Faith"
"Karl Marx As Religious Eschatologist"
"The Menace of The Religious Left"
"The World's Most Dynamic Religion Is..."
"Leftism As a Religion"
"The 7 Sacraments of Liberalism"
"Modern Leftism & Magical Thinking"
"New Inquisition"
One of the most influential men in history (IMHO the most influential) said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." Now, He wasn't just saying man's soul is programmed to need nourishment by the Truth in the same way man's body requires protein. His statement contains something even more significant: that man, both individually and collectively, if he does NOT choose the Truth to live on and by, will INELUCTABLY find some sort of junk food to gorge on. This happens because society has to function somehow, which is a spiritual, not a scientific issue.
Science can not tell us what is morally and ethically right and wrong, or what is spiritually dangerous (i.e. the whole occult realm), nor does it slake the soul's thirst. Science by its very nature can not handle matters pertaining to the soul or the spirit (cf. as a hilarious example, my posts about Google's inability to match images, and I think I've also mentioned the comical results that more often than not result when you use an A.I. translation system). It is limited in its purview to the material realm. Science trying to apply its tools to understanding the matters of the soul and spirit is about like trying to understand the future by reading entrails.
But since man"kind" long ago was hit by a Cosmic Trojan that caused massive mutations not only in his own soul, spirit, mind and body, but also in the universe itself, he malfunctions on multiple levels, meaning that he will consistently default to error (picture an invidious "Home Page" toolbar being covertly installed in your computer). He needs to constantly be reformatted to The Original O.S., or he comes up with various substitute junk O.S.'s.
Depending on how scientifically and technologically advanced any given society is, the junk O.S. might be quite sophisticated (compare, for example, Nazism or Bolshevism with something like the average headhunter tribe). In his mission to convert the whole world, the Leftist evinces the same passion for his creed as Torquemada. He's just as keen to bring his message of "salvation" to all the lost "reactionaries" out in the DogPatches of politicaldom as St. Paul was in spreading The Good News to the Gentiles (the difference of course being that Paul never used the slightest violence---persuasion and proclamation being rather his weapons of choice).
But don't take my word for it; read other people's insights on it (no, these are not religious articles, some even written by Jews):
"Leftism, the Religion"
"Leftism: a Radical Faith"
"Karl Marx As Religious Eschatologist"
"The Menace of The Religious Left"
"The World's Most Dynamic Religion Is..."
"Leftism As a Religion"
"The 7 Sacraments of Liberalism"
"Modern Leftism & Magical Thinking"
"New Inquisition"
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
We're Mere Imitators
Ecclesiastes says there's "nothing new under the sun." This article shows how much we're indebted to what's already out there in the Creation.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Ironically, India Sounds Like The Place...
where an innovator can still thrive! This guy has the kind of mettle that built up the U.S. long ago.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
It Really Bugs Me
I'm more and more convinced that Google is losing its grip. I plugged this image into the search bar
This is what Google decided I needed:
Seems to me that's quite a leap...
This is what Google decided I needed:
Seems to me that's quite a leap...
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Misnomer
It's not called a "rainbow fish." It's a Caribbean Parrot Fish (I think "harlequin" or "clown" would be more appropriate, but those're already taken), and they come in all kinds of amazing variations:
Saturday, August 1, 2015
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