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Magda Hassan Wrote:Or perhaps not a different kind of 'I' so much as the same 'I' with different experiences.
The brain as an electro-magnetic containment field for the ... "I" ...
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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Phil Dragoo Wrote:.... the answer to Who Goes There or rather, Who Am I may be as esoteric or familiar as one may decide.
Life is opportunity costwe are fortunate for every revelation from travelers returning from terra exotica.
... Indeed it is Phil. Indeed we are.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
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Charles Drago Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Or perhaps not a different kind of 'I' so much as the same 'I' with different experiences.
The brain as an electro-magnetic containment field for the ... "I" ... The all seeing 'I' as well as the all feeling, all knowing and all being 'I'.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
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Magda Hassan Wrote:Charles Drago Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Or perhaps not a different kind of 'I' so much as the same 'I' with different experiences.
The brain as an electro-magnetic containment field for the ... "I" ... The all seeing 'I' as well as the all feeling, all knowing and all being 'I'.
Me.
Charles Drago
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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Jazz Singer John Hendricks has interpreted the lyrics to the breathtaking standard "Dancing in the Dark," by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, as a description of an NDE.
We're dancing in the dark Till the tune ends
We're dancing in the dark and it soon ends
We're waltzing in the wonder of why we're here
Time hurries by, we're here and gone
Looking for the light of a new love
To brighten up the night, I have you love
And we can face the music together
Dancing in the dark
Of course, Dean Martin sang it this way:
We're dancing in the dark
'til the bill's paid ...
The law does not allow for the copyrighting of titles. Accordingly, for a century American songwriters have respected each other's work by voluntarily refraining from stealing titles. It is all about honor and respect.
Not all so-called songwriters, however, are honorable and respectful.
For example: Bruce Springsteen, due to "his" "Dancing in the Dark," now races to mind.
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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Charles Drago Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Charles Drago Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Or perhaps not a different kind of 'I' so much as the same 'I' with different experiences.
The brain as an electro-magnetic containment field for the ... "I" ... The all seeing 'I' as well as the all feeling, all knowing and all being 'I'.
Me. We.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
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I am That,
Thou art That,
All this is That,
and That alone Is.
from the Vedas, noted in The Book (On The Taboo of Knowing Who You Are),
by Alan Watts
***
When you make the two one,
and when you make the inner as the outer
and the outer as the inner
and the above as the below ...
then you shall enter [the Kingdom]....
I am the Light that is above them all,
I am the All,
the All come forth from Me,
and the all attained to Me.
Cleave a [piece of] wood, I am there;
Lift up the stone and you will find me there.
-- attributed to Jesus, in the Coptic Gospel According to Thomas
***
He is never born, nor does he die,
Nor having once been, does he
Cease to be. Unborn, eternal,
Everlasting, ancient,
he is not slain when the body is slain.
Weapons cannot cleave him, nor
Fire burn him; Water cannot
Wet him, nor wind dry him away.
He is eternal,all-pervading,
Stable, immovable, Ever the Same.
He is declared to be
Umanifest,
Unthinkable,
Unchangeable.
-- from the Bhagavad Gita
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"
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Magda Hassan Wrote:Charles Drago Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Charles Drago Wrote:The brain as an electro-magnetic containment field for the ... "I" ... The all seeing 'I' as well as the all feeling, all knowing and all being 'I'.
Me. We.
Me AND We.
Oui?
Personal AND Collective.
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-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
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Charles Drago Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Charles Drago Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:The all seeing 'I' as well as the all feeling, all knowing and all being 'I'.
Me. We.
Me AND We.
Oui?
Personal AND Collective. Si!
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
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So?
Charles Drago
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
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