Comments for that hidden place http://taliesin.wordpress.com where is this 'self' of which you speak? Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on detour on the infobahn by azahar http://taliesin.wordpress.com#comment-77 azahar Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:25:28 +0000 http://taliesin.wordpress.com/detour-on-the-infobahn/#comment-77 well, we've waited this long ... ;) well, we’ve waited this long … ;)

]]> Comment on detour on the infobahn by taliesin http://taliesin.wordpress.com#comment-76 taliesin Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:10:01 +0000 http://taliesin.wordpress.com/detour-on-the-infobahn/#comment-76 Signed in is ok, afaik... (and hopefully there'll soon be something worth commenting on. Perhaps.) :/ Signed in is ok, afaik…

(and hopefully there’ll soon be something worth commenting on.
Perhaps.)

:/

]]> Comment on detour on the infobahn by azahar http://taliesin.wordpress.com#comment-75 azahar Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:28:01 +0000 http://taliesin.wordpress.com/detour-on-the-infobahn/#comment-75 okerly-dokerly... will we have to register to post comments or is being signed in to Wordpress.com okay? okerly-dokerly… will we have to register to post comments or is being signed in to WordPress.com okay?

]]> Comment on Bubbles in the stream… by taliesin http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/bubbles-in-the-stream/#comment-23 taliesin Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:45:48 +0000 http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/bubbles-in-the-stream/#comment-23 What we call <em>perception</em> of separate entities is actually interpretation. Entities are defined by our preconceptions, our experience, our memories, which form perceptual rulesets. In effect, our perceptions are inescapably biased. Distinct entities do not exist, save as useful and unfortunately sometimes lethal abstractions. Ouspensky's 'unified entity' could not, therefore, be distinct from the space/time continuum. Talking about a 'universal mind' is like saying, 'God is love': Very nice, but essentially meaningless. What we call perception of separate entities is actually interpretation.

Entities are defined by our preconceptions, our experience, our memories, which form perceptual rulesets.
In effect, our perceptions are inescapably biased.
Distinct entities do not exist, save as useful and unfortunately sometimes lethal abstractions.
Ouspensky’s ‘unified entity’ could not, therefore, be distinct from the space/time continuum.
Talking about a ‘universal mind’ is like saying, ‘God is love’: Very nice, but essentially meaningless.

]]> Comment on Bubbles in the stream… by moseswilbur http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/bubbles-in-the-stream/#comment-22 moseswilbur Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:04:29 +0000 http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/bubbles-in-the-stream/#comment-22 “In Tertium Organum (1911), P.D. Ouspensky, a Russian mathematician and philosopher, describes how circumscribed entities existing in two dimensions can be part of a unity in the third dimension. Observe from one side of a pane of frosted glass the prints left by the tips of someone’s fingers touching the opposite side. A two-dimensional investigator, counting five separate circles, would conclude that each fingerprint is a separate entity. But we who can appreciate the third dimension of depth, know that the five separate fingerprints belong to one unified object in three dimensions: a hand. We also know that the three-dimensional hand is attached to a being that generates mind when time is added to the vectors of space. By extrapolation, this is exactly the example that illustrates how our separate, individual minds, existing in our limited perceptual apparatus using two coordinates, space and time, could also be part of a universal mind that is a unified entity in the higher dimension of the space-time continuum.” “In Tertium Organum (1911), P.D. Ouspensky, a Russian mathematician and philosopher, describes how circumscribed entities existing in two dimensions can be part of a unity in the third dimension. Observe from one side of a pane of frosted glass the prints left by the tips of someone’s fingers touching the opposite side. A two-dimensional investigator, counting five separate circles, would conclude that each fingerprint is a separate entity. But we who can appreciate the third dimension of depth, know that the five separate fingerprints belong to one unified object in three dimensions: a hand. We also know that the three-dimensional hand is attached to a being that generates mind when time is added to the vectors of space. By extrapolation, this is exactly the example that illustrates how our separate, individual minds, existing in our limited perceptual apparatus using two coordinates, space and time, could also be part of a universal mind that is a unified entity in the higher dimension of the space-time continuum.”

]]> Comment on The End of Faith… by taliesin http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-end-of-faith/#comment-21 taliesin Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:05:19 +0000 https://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-end-of-faith/#comment-21 <blockquote>last time I saw him he had hair!</blockquote> Maybe he just got fed up with it, and shaved... I did!

last time I saw him he had hair!

Maybe he just got fed up with it, and shaved…
I did!

]]> Comment on The End of Faith… by azahar http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-end-of-faith/#comment-20 azahar Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:40:19 +0000 https://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-end-of-faith/#comment-20 Also, had been chatting with Craig (zoomer) about this, saying I hadn't seen it yet and didn't know who Sam Harris was, etc ... and Craig told me this was a tv series hosted by Moses Znaimer! And you know what? Didn't even recognise the geezer - last time I saw him he had hair! Not very nice hair, it must be said, but anyhow, would never have known if C hadn't told me. Anyhoodle, used this over <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F135418?thread=3434261&post=40268211#p40268211" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> Also, had been chatting with Craig (zoomer) about this, saying I hadn’t seen it yet and didn’t know who Sam Harris was, etc … and Craig told me this was a tv series hosted by Moses Znaimer!

And you know what? Didn’t even recognise the geezer - last time I saw him he had hair! Not very nice hair, it must be said, but anyhow, would never have known if C hadn’t told me.

Anyhoodle, used this over HERE

]]> Comment on The End of Faith… by azahar http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-end-of-faith/#comment-19 azahar Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:30:36 +0000 https://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-end-of-faith/#comment-19 Finally got round to seeing this - thank you! And now, if you don't mind, gonna borrow the link .. . Finally got round to seeing this - thank you! And now, if you don’t mind, gonna borrow the link .. .

]]> Comment on Oh, the morality… by taliesin http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/oh-the-morality/#comment-18 taliesin Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:48:45 +0000 https://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/oh-the-morality/#comment-18 Well, that <i>is</i> a bit OT! Except perhaps for the asinine fundy comments on the youtube page... Interesting, though. Unfortunately, Nancy Pelosi presents as far too intelligent -- I suspect most 'Murikuns' will simply be intimidated :( Well, that is a bit OT!

Except perhaps for the asinine fundy comments on the youtube page…

Interesting, though.

Unfortunately, Nancy Pelosi presents as far too intelligent — I suspect most ‘Murikuns’ will simply be intimidated :(

]]> Comment on Oh, the morality… by mudhooks http://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/oh-the-morality/#comment-17 mudhooks Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:51:16 +0000 https://taliesin.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/oh-the-morality/#comment-17 Off topic, I'm afraid, Luv. I wanted to pass this along to you. I thought you might find some grist for the mill(s). It's someone I have just subscribed to on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NancyPelosi Lots of shtuff! Off topic, I’m afraid, Luv. I wanted to pass this along to you. I thought you might find some grist for the mill(s). It’s someone I have just subscribed to on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NancyPelosi

Lots of shtuff!

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