| Date | Comment | Entry |
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2008-06-25
03:05 | bombadil: Memory Lane
Ahhh..."What a piece of work is a man!":
"What an antithetical mind! -- tenderness, roughness -- delicacy, coarseness -- sentiment, sensuality -- soaring and groveling, dirt and deity -- all mix.. | The Planet is Fine... |
2008-01-20
22:21 | energy: Strange Protection
For some reason we are being protected as a whole.
No one person is protected.
At least one Man & One woman will be protected. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2008-01-14
02:56 | i2i: Context
Excellent analysis. Thank you.
More specifically, the title of the post is a not too subtle reference to Machiavelli (as strongly hinted by the picture.) In that context the question was a direct a.. | Does the end justify the means? |
2007-11-16
17:51 | tlingel: Ethics 101
Ask Philosophers ;-)
The question is a popular one in high school. One would have expected that Claremont Professor to known better - don't they teach Philosophy in College anymore?
The ques.. | Does the end justify the means? |
2007-10-02
06:52 | bobdog@64.59.144.24: God Eat God
GOD EAT GOD | My God’s better than your God… |
2007-10-02
06:46 | bob dog@64.59.144.24: it's a God Eat God world
http://www.dogeatdogma.com/godeatgod.htm for a video about religious intolerance and competition between deities.
meanwhile...
a poem:
MY GOD IS BETTER THAN YOUR GOD
MY GOD IS BIGGER THAN .. | My God’s better than your God… |
2007-09-09
02:12 | Ian Stewart@72.197.60.32: My God's better than your god
Here's a good song, but it is actually about Norse gods.
http://www.gwydion.net/~helen/Maeltracks/48%20My%20God's%20Better%20Than%20Your%20God.wma
It makes me smile. | My God’s better than your God… |
2007-08-13
03:28 | VICTOR R. ROSARIO@199.91.34.33: Lunar Embassy: Rapists of the Solar Syst
This is remincent of the Gold Rush in the 1800's. It's all about greed and money. The ordacity of these con men to sell what never ever beloned to them is simply nauseating. You know something? If thi.. | "The Province of All Mankind..." |
2007-06-14
19:49 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: 4 hours doesn't seem like a lot...
... and 18 (the typical age at which one sits such an exam) also seems like an interesting time in one's life for such a question.
Qu'est-ce que "prendre conscience"? And who might best relate to.. | Toute prise de conscience est-elle libératrice ? |
2007-06-13
22:21 | b: Realization
is not always liberating but sometimes provides closure. Becoming aware sometimes one gains in perspective. Tres jolie pour moi. Adeau Francis, ami. | Toute prise de conscience est-elle libératrice ? |
2006-12-26
06:50 | i2i: A scanner darkly
What does a scanner see?
Into the head?
Down into the heart?
Does it sees... into us?
Clearly or darkly? | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-12-19
21:41 | i2i: Crony Capitalism and Faux Anarchism
Following up on Hanae's first comment (above,) someone brought to my attention an essay posted by Shirah (10.18.05) on unbossed.com as part of a short series on the theme of why some services are deli.. | Black and White in Color |
2006-12-04
21:26 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: On Mammon, Money, and Time
Bushman had a post, I really liked, here, on his blog, about Broken Saints, a Flash animated internet film series. The post is illustrated with a snapshot from one of the episodes in the series, wh.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-12-04
21:25 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: Tarthang Tulku
The following is from "Skillfull Means"---perhaps one of Tarthang Tulku's most accessible and practical books:
"We may not understand that success comes from effort and enthusiasm, that by avoid.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-12-02
18:25 | Hanae@68.164.59.107: The Satus Quo
Or Neo-liberalism in a nutshell:
THE RULE OF THE MARKET
Liberating "free" enterprise or private enterprise from any bonds imposed by the government (the state) no matter how much social damag.. | Black and White in Color |
2006-12-01
15:38 | jerryvest: Hello, Bushman...I thought I would add
some comments and some quotations about Time as you have so aptly pointed out that... "Time, it's all about time and what we make it into, thats the true mammon." I suspect you are right about Time an.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-30
23:57 | bushman: Hmm
I don't think the majority would fall for a puppet god on a string, least Id hope the majority of mankind was at least that awake, to see its fake. Hmm, personal gain, being what it is, to me is not o.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-30
19:50 | i2i: Souls for Sale
Thank you jerryvest, and thank you tlingel, for your comments.
More about jerryvest's granddaughter, here.
The corporation issue (in jerryvest's words' "they talk about all of these great values.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-30
00:51 | jerryvest: Really a beautiful story and
dream, tlingel. Reminds me of a mantra "All is my own Dream". I love the description of a 'human being.' For me, I feel like a human being when I play with my grandchildren...everything is possible..... | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-29
19:06 | tlingel: "Definition of a Human being"
"If I could describe a 'human being' I would be more than I am and, probably living in the future, because I think of human beings as something to be realized ahead... But clearly 'human beings' .. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-29
18:48 | i2i: Hmm...
Deus Ex Machina doesn’t refer to “possible outcomes.”
In Greek and Roman drama, it is “a god lowered by stage machinery to resolve a plot or extricate the protagonist from a difficult situation.”
.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-29
16:55 | bushman: All possable,
outcomes, just looking at the past, it seems that man has come to this road many times, ultamatly finding middle ground as nomadic tribes. I don't think the whole of man will self destruct. Just looki.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-29
08:16 | i2i: Spot Quiz: Multiple Choice
Hmm…Circle the correct answer.
Deus Ex Machina is a Latin phrase that can be used to describe:
A. The Rapture
B. Techno-Rapture (Grey Goo, Nanotization)
C. The Harmonic Convergence
D. Escape .. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-29
00:59 | bushman: Hmm,
Lots of people do think man will meld with thier electronics, but, I'm thinking we will be "nanotized", probably by accident. Im not talking the "grey goo" senario, {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-28
19:04 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: Evolutionary Convergence?
The NewScientist.com news service, Nov. 27, 2006 published an article reporting that whales (i.e. humpback whales, fin whales, killer whales and sperm whales) have spindle neurons: specialized brai.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-27
17:23 | tlingel: The Human Being...
That's just something we say
while hoping it can do what we say it can do:
Obstruction number 3 | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-27
05:18 | Hanae@68.164.54.2: The ethical dimension
== Did the dinosaurs deserve to be saved? ==
In addition to the social and scientific problems at the core of the “survivability” (or “sustainability”) issue of any given system, the survival of.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-23
14:06 | ashanti: Q and A
Question: Does Man deserve to be saved?
Answer: No. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-22
23:18 | jerryvest: Hanae, this is really a remarkable
description about our current state of health and wellbeing of our planet, nature and humanity. If I think too much about this, I could end up feeling depressed, cynical and hopeless, much like the vi.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-22
23:17 | tlingel: Charades
link | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-22
21:57 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: Does Man deserve to be saved?
Clip on YouTube | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-20
04:37 | Hanae@68.164.52.212: Crony Capitalism and Faux Anarchism
One of the interesting evolutions of the Individual Anarchist political ideology---for it is an old political ideology (same o’, same o’) just like any other of the political attitudes on the table.. | Black and White in Color |
2006-11-16
08:57 | Hanae@68.164.52.212: As Climate Changes, Can We?
The UN secretary general Kofi Annan said yesterday that a "frightening lack of leadership" was hindering the fight against global warming. In another comment that appeared aimed firmly at President.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-09
23:36 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: Where is away?
Back in 1620, the Pilgrims who had fled England and emigrated in Holland, emigrated, again, to America in order to establish colonies where they could protect their "cultural identity."
In turn,.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-09
20:41 | i2i: Industrial Pollution - follow-up:
Where is away? | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-11-09
20:14 | i2i: Industrial Pollution
Issue:
Two specialists in environmental medicine, Dr. Philippe Grandjean, chair of environmental medicine at the University of Southern Denmark, and Dr. Philip Landrigan of New York's Mount Sinai S.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-09-28
20:47 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: "I think we are linked"
I'm a fan of M. Night Shyamalan. Most negative reviews I read complain about exactly the kind of things I think are terrific in his movies - the slow pacing, the disconnect from reality, and his empha.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-09-28
19:52 | tlingel: Lady in the water:
Lady in the Water is a fairy tale that posits a mythical past in which mankind was protected by "those in the water" who counseled it and spoke of the future. But, a prologue tells us, "Mankind forgot.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-09-28
19:43 | tlingel: Synchronicity
HeHe, I thought the pic of the apartment complex was familiar.
There is actually a scene in "Lady in the Water" in which one of the tenants of the complex (where the entire story takes place), Mr. .. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-09-27
22:23 | hgoodgame: Who's gonna do the saving?
I think the real question is, are we ready to take responsibility for all our actions and thereby save ourselves? | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-09-27
18:43 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: Anti-Semitism vs. Anti-Arab Racism
One may indeed "wonder in what this return to middle age obscurantism (literally so, in view of the quoted material) and this seemingly revived antagonism toward Islam are very different from the V.. | My God’s better than your God… |
2006-09-20
17:00 | tlingel: Every step we take on Earth
takes us to a new world.
Every single footstep
lands on a floating bridge.
I know that there is no such thing
as a straight road.
Only a vast labyrinth
of intricate crossroads.
Our steps.. | Does Man deserve to be saved? |
2006-09-19
21:05 | i2i: My God’s better than your God…
Contrarily to what Vaxen is suggesting in his comment, above, link, I believe that most people who took the time of commenting on Pope Benedict XVI’s speech (including people on this thread) did take .. | My God’s better than your God… |
2006-09-19
16:11 | blueboy: Yes, Tom...
Religion is of man..." And I would add that it ( religion) was -to 90%- degree made with the idea to both justify and cover up war, murder, greed and so on. Did you klick on the links Hanae provided .. | My God’s better than your God… |
2006-09-19
15:27 | vaxen: i2i...
In Defense of Pope Benedict
The Catholic Church is an enemy of the War Party
The full article, by Justin Raimondo, can be found at the following link and may offer you something more than the cur.. | My God’s better than your God… |
2006-09-19
14:48 | scotty: Absolutely
Tom - I couldn't agree with you more !! | My God’s better than your God… |
2006-09-19
02:16 | Tom@206.162.192.39: God
For me god is the omni presence that premeates everything and has nothing to do with religion. Religion is of man as is war, murder, greed and so on. | My God’s better than your God… |
2006-08-21
18:57 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: Nineteen Eighty-Four Now!
Because 2006 is 22 years too late.
War is Peace (Ministry of TRUTH)...
And WarBloggers are righteous! | War Games |
2006-08-15
00:37 | sengul@81.215.32.247: aferin
ben musluman ve turkum bu sayfayi yeni buldum atila ve boraya tesekkur ederim tekturk bu arkadaslar. biz bu kadarmiyiz muslumanlik islamiyet bu kadar basit yerlerde anlatilmaz ,ingilizce yazmadim cunk.. | War Games |
2006-08-03
15:10 | blueboy: Just got this in.
Seems like it could be a good explanation what is happening in humans, to so totally lose track of all what's good in us. Haven't really had a chance to read it carefully yet. But do it (for) yourself.. | War Games |
2006-08-03
07:11 | koravya: Referencing
Thank you for the referencing. I actually had no idea about the background of the person who wrote the article I referenced. What I read was a reference to the House of Rothschild, and by extension, a.. | War Games |
2006-08-01
22:41 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: The Blame Game
Regardless of its political and historical origins, the present basis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be summarized in the competition between two legitimate concerns, and the fact that each s.. | War Games |
2006-08-01
16:44 | i2i: David Ickle
Hmm... I try not to judge or dismiss any material presented on the sole basis of its author reputation, but I think I'll make an exception in the case of David Ickle and make a strong point of dist.. | War Games |
2006-08-01
03:40 | koravya: Overview
Imagine.
The teen-age girls are on their way back to their villages now. Dad and mom and brother and sister and aunt and uncle and grandpa and grandma and the whole bunch await you with open arms and.. | War Games |
2006-07-31
23:34 | i2i: Links and follow-up
- Peace Camp: Koravya posted a follow-up entry to his comment about the Glorieta Peace Camp, here on his blog: Creativity for Peace.
- Reg. "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes": There is a PBS program (viewab.. | War Games |
2006-07-31
21:55 | blueboy: Jane elliot's
'Experiment' was/is incredible. I've seen all the Documentaries w/Comm entary doc's several times. I've been writing articles here on NCN about it. (no responses/comments!... ) I gave people the links.. | War Games |
2006-07-31
20:43 | Hanae@69.33.46.10: Jane Elliott's experiment
"All of these flags and lines in the sand that we rally around
and point our fingers and shake our fists across..." how arbitrary and how artificial they are.
Jane Elliott’s "Blue Eyes/Brown Ey.. | War Games |
2006-07-30
17:30 | koravya: Peace Camp
Thank you, i2i, for the story behind the picture.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the adults of the New Civilization Network
could engage in a dialogue roughly equivalent to that shared by
the teenage.. | War Games |
2006-07-30
02:42 | i2i: I think people can read the article for
themselves, enora, and reach their own conclusion.
[This was in response to enora's last comment above, before the comment was deleted by its author.]
The title of this post is "War Games" and .. | War Games |
2006-07-30
01:42 | i2i: The dehumanization of war
Thank you Koravya and Hanae for the bit of sanity on this thread.
The debate about the image (Photograph by Sebastian Scheiner/AP) has, of course, become part of the propaganda war that is runni.. | War Games |
2006-07-29
21:45 | Hanae@68.164.68.103: Moving beyond the tip of the Iceberg
"Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself.
But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich an.. | War Games |
2006-07-28
04:42 | koravya: Interpretations
I first encountered the writing of Arundhati Roy a couple of years ago through her essay, The Algebra of Infinite Justice. This was in a book of readings provided in the textbook for my Compositi.. | War Games |
2006-07-27
00:14 | i2i: NeW LoNg coMMEnt bY BlueBOy
was removed...!
This thread is open to polite conversation and civil debate - abusive behavior will not be tolerated.
Everybody's got an opinion and that's fine. Just simply repeating onesel.. | War Games |
2006-07-26
18:59 | i2i: Trying to see
I don't know, maybe you are trying too hard there, blueboy :-}
A case of negative afterimage, perhaps?
Afterimages occur because visual cells become fatigued and cease to respond when they .. | War Games |
2006-07-25
21:57 | blueboy: You know, i2i, first I tried to see !
this article as "nothing but Informative" -which you might have noticed, but it just continued to bugg me. The ONE statement that really is the very culprit of errounous thinking by any human (in this.. | War Games |
2006-07-25
20:56 | i2i: Come September
This is the transcription of Arundhati Roy's lecture delivered on September 18, 2002 at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico:
Quite often these days, I find myself being described as a ".. | War Games |
2006-07-25
20:31 | i2i: Koravya's feedback
Very interesting - thank you, John...
Koravya's comment, above, links to a site dedicated to the promotion of "WE," a documentary inspired by Arundhati Roy's words, specifically her famous "Come .. | War Games |
2006-07-25
17:56 | blueboy: No kiddin' , koravya,
no kidding!.... There are places/countries on Earth where the Peoples -for third-fourth generation- have been forced by these WAR MONGERS, to live imbedded in these ORCHESTRATED War/s!!!
"....Previe.. | War Games |
2006-07-25
14:03 | koravya: Children
What kinds of minds are teaching the children of the world,
that War is our natural course of development?
The children are doing what they are told to do.
The children of Africa are firing the gun.. | War Games |
2006-07-25
01:15 | i2i: Commentary about John Bolton's remark:
link | War Games |
2006-07-25
01:12 | i2i: Children send messages on missiles:
link | War Games |
2006-07-25
01:00 | i2i: Saja El-Akhras:
link | War Games |
2006-07-25
00:56 | i2i: Ambassador John Bolton's remark:
link | War Games |
2006-07-18
18:02 | jstarrs: Definitions
I like the way this post is focusing on the necessity to be active, to open ourselves up to our human family whilst following a spiritual path, instead of letting the spiritual path become an ego mand.. | Dharma |
2006-07-18
17:41 | i2i: Meditation
The original title of this post, which is more of a quote/music/image collage kind of a thing, was originally "Meditation." I usually prefer to leave the meaning of such pieces to the viewer's imag.. | Dharma |
2006-07-18
04:08 | martha: Energy
**** | Dharma |
2006-07-14
19:45 | Hanae@68.164.60.46: Mindfulness
This plate of food,
so fragrant and appetizing,
also contains much suffering.
This gatha (verse) has its roots in a Vietnamese folk song:
"When we look at our plate, filled with fragrant a.. | The Law of Attraction? |
2006-07-12
16:45 | i2i: Yeah, right, very funny Hanae!
I'll leave academia to jazzolog and Hanae - not really my turf here - but talking of which, it is interesting to note that the American Dialect Society voted "truthiness" as the Word of the Year 2005... | The Wørd |
2006-07-12
12:08 | jazzolog: Maybe I Can Help You With That
They're on vacation, on their boodles resting their noodles. | The Wørd |
2006-07-12
09:50 | Hanae@68.164.60.46: Sorry i2i
I wouldn't know about "intellectualizing", I am not really "up on what academics are doing" ;-) | The Wørd |
