Tag: life
member name: Gary Jaron
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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 . . .
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November 26, 2006 12:09 AM EST --
There is this myth out there that Liberalism, or Secularism, or the theory of Evolution, is singularly or collectively to blame for the decline in morality in America.
I disagree.
Here is my theory. . . .
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August 26, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
The Emperor’s New Clothes
‘Any fundamentally new system involves new [‘Semantic Reaction’] s.r; and this is the main difficulty which besets us when we try to master a new system. . . .
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July 23, 2006 12:02 PM EDT --
In the Talmudic tractate The Saying of Our Fathers, an important insight of Rabbi Hillel, who lived during the 1st century of the Common Era, was recorded.
"If I am not for myself, who will be?
If . . .
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June 18, 2006 11:32 AM EDT --
Real Magic and the Tao.
Is there such a thing as magic? I believe the answer is yes – but to understand that answer you have to ask and consider what I mean by the word: magic.
When encountering . . .
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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 . . .
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January 12, 2008 05:08 PM EST --
The traditional mapsthat sociologists have presented are that humanity has been shaped by twofactors: Nature and Nurture. Many, includingmyself, believe that it is important to realize that we are shaped . . .
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December 11, 2006 10:06 PM EST --
Here is one of many stories my father likes to tell, I present it in his own words and from his perspective.
"Joanne, my accountant fills out my tax return and files it. She tells me she’s . . .
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January 14, 2007 03:12 PM EST --
Attributed to Friedrich Nietzche on a greeting card created by Brush Dance a publishing company based out of San Rafael, CA.
"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also having to remember . . .
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August 18, 2007 11:33 AM EDT --
"The value of philosophy is… to be sought largely in its very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, . . .
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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 . . .
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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. . . .
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January 14, 2007 03:05 PM EST --
Attributed to A. A. Milne, the author of Winne - The Pooh, by Saturn Press a greeting card company based in Swan's Island Maine.
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly . . .
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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 . . .
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June 10, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
The Hero
[from: Meditations on Quixote, chapter 15 by Jose Ortega Y' Gasset<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]-->.
Now our story leads us back to this subject. . . .
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October 01, 2006 12:28 PM EDT --
Three: 3
Jonathan Star
With the people so pure
Who could trick them?
What clever ideas could lead them astray?
D C Lau, 1963
and ensures that the clever never dare to act.
Lok Sang Ho, 2002,
In so doing . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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August 16, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
I beleive that individuals , societies, cultures, civilizations, can be judged by their willingness to act wisely.
Which brings us to ask , what is wisdom?
Wisdom is the desire and the . . .
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September 04, 2006 12:55 PM EDT --
Three: 1
Jonathan Star
Putting a value on status
Will cause people to compete
Hoarding treasure
Will turn them into thieves
Showing off possessions
Will disturb their daily lives
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