Tag: reality
group name: wayofganeden
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June 25, 2006 10:56 AM EDT --
We live not only in a physical environment but also in a symbolic environment.
Our physical environment, of three spacial dimensions, is a geographical location which may have rivers, valleys, flat . . . more
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July 03, 2006 11:52 AM EDT --
Hi George McNaughton,
I will respond to your reply in detail because you raise important questions. I will use
"GM" for when I am quoting you and my reply will by marked by "R". . . . more
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July 03, 2006 01:14 PM EDT --
Let's review how Descartes shaped our collective inheritance, the rose colored glasses that are western cultures mythos and logos.
Since Descartes failed to realize that he was shaped by the ideas . . . more
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June 25, 2006 12:28 PM EDT --
What shapes up? We are told that it is either Nature – our genetic inheritance, or Nurture – how we were treated and raised as a child. I believe there is a third factor and that . . . more
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May 27, 2006 01:45 PM EDT --
The Way of Gan Eden - a Gnostic Qabalistic Taoism [GQT]
What does this mean?
The use of the adjective Gnostic is the recognition that knowledge and wisdom is a redemptive source. Gnosticism . . . more
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July 16, 2006 12:08 PM EDT --
The beginning of Wisdom is the willingness to consider that you may be mistaken; mistaken in your perceptions, your conclusions and your beliefs - which all things pass through like a filter. [G M Jaron] . . . more
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May 28, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
Historical Gnosticism is a group of beliefs which all have as their core common themes. These themes are the 'true knowledge' of our past and our future according to the Gnostic mythos. . . . more
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July 02, 2006 03:54 PM EDT --
For many believers their world and their worldview are built upon the premise that there is one true faith; which is of course their own. They have a difficult time imagining a world that is not . . . more
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July 05, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
A long and twisty journey
to find myself where I started
never having gone at all...
Half a Page of Scribbled Lines
Stone cottage in enchanted forest
Magical fireplace flickering stories . . . more
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June 11, 2006 10:49 AM EDT --
In the beginning there was Ayn Sof. Ayn Sof is a word which represents the true essence of the Divine. Ayn Sof literally means "No End", hence the Infinite. Ayn Sof is the mystery . . . more
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September 03, 2006 03:49 PM EDT --
"The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end. it is the highest emblem in the cipher of the world. . . . more
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December 23, 2006 09:58 PM EST --
I am gong to describe an imaginary person who I will call Mr. Gray.
Mr. Gray is a scientist and believes in the utility of the scientific method to ascertain facts and truth.
Mr. Gray only believes that . . . more
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March 24, 2008 12:29 AM EDT --
Kinship
Why be kind?
Why model humane expectations
of the reasoned mind?
Theories of evolution say
strategies of the Golden Rule,
like birds in migration, fish in school,
move us all forward, . . . more
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November 13, 2007 05:09 PM EST --
I'm just saying for a woman who criticizes and belittles other people for their behavior, she is extremely rude and cruel to people herself. I can't figure out why I watch her from time to time . . . more
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July 02, 2006 02:06 PM EDT --
The Cosmos is a place of order, structure and patterns which in Chinese philosophy goes by the 'name'/human pointer the Tao.
All things exist because there is this order/structure/pattern which . . . more
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November 11, 2006 12:51 PM EST --
Facts and Faith
I've encountered so many people who fail to distinguish between Facts and their faith. These people act consciously and unconsciously as if their belief in those ideas that form . . . more
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March 18, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
A ‘discussion’ I had with someone on Gather got me thinking and thus writing.
A question formed and that is the lead in to this brief essay: Which tribe has truth?
I am defining the word . . . more
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January 06, 2007 01:32 AM EST --
By Gary Jaron, January 2007
One of the most famous paradigm shift in human history is commonly called the ‘Copernican revolution’.
“The Copernican principle is the . . . more
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August 01, 2006 01:50 AM EDT --
One: 2
Jonathan Star, 2001
Tao is both Named and Nameless.
As Nameless, it is the origin of all things.
As Named, it is the mother of all things.
D C Lao, 1963
The nameless was the beginning of heaven . . . more
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July 22, 2006 11:46 AM EDT --
Let me back up and start with something deceptively simple: Time.
In the real world of physical reality processes, events, take time. Things do not occur instantaneously, although they may . . . more
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