tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post2417784081150674852..comments2023-10-16T01:27:30.403-07:00Comments on PASHUPATI'S MRIDANG: UPDATED - Removing Smoke-Detector Batteriesbholanathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722069078428772316noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-28559797539988441992013-08-02T08:27:40.288-07:002013-08-02T08:27:40.288-07:00I'm on tour for next 5 days. Will have to get ...I'm on tour for next 5 days. Will have to get back to you.<br />onelovebholanathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13722069078428772316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-79160939517227592322013-07-28T21:26:41.823-07:002013-07-28T21:26:41.823-07:00Josh, about psychopaths being a different type of ...Josh, about psychopaths being a different type of being...I think that, under the Constitution of the United States of America, a psychopath's vote should count for 3/5 of the value of an "ordinary" non psychopathic citizen...just kidding!! But I also have pondered a little about what is going on with "human beings" definition-wise vis-à-vis "psychopaths," and the other day I held some interesting information about the matter on the radio. A man who teaches criminology at a university in the eastern USA claimed that in a study of about 40 suspected psychopathic people in prison for violent crimes, it was found that the structure of their brains were identifiably different from "normal" in the frontal cortex. This is the part of the brain that the capacity for impulse control is located, for one thing. This man's research has been used by advocates for ending capitol punishment on the grounds that these people's brains are damaged and they can't be held responsible in the same way as a normal person. <br />But then, the story got really interesting. This professor said that he had been in Turkey in connection with his work, and while he was there someone broke into his room during the night. He said that he always advises his students to "play possum" in such a circumstance rather than confront the intruder. However, he said that when it actually happened to him, he found that he instinctively jumped up and struggled with the man. The intruder got in a couple of good punches and attempted to slash the professor's throat, fortunately his knife blade had broken off to an inch in the struggle but he still cut the professor's throat pretty badly so he was not able to speak for a year afterwards, but he did survive. The interesting part, to me, was that now, the professor says he is schizophrenic on the issue of capital punishment, even though his own research argues against it "in theory," he says his body seems to feel "an eye for an eye" should be the law. So he confessed that conflict in himself, and I found that very interesting. I think Yogi Berra once expressed this mind-body dilemma as, "In theory there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Similarly, the difference is noted between "talking schools" and "practicing schools" in some spiritual traditions. I think, as Bho pointed out, that some traditions have much more sophisticated models for the structure of a human form than the "western" one, for example the Khoshas? or sheaths talked about in some traditions, where they say that the function of "will" for example, resides in one particular sheath, so aberrated behavior might indicate that this sheath has not developed yet, rather than that that being is not or never can be a "person." I have heard that a dolphin can commit suicide at will by holding it's breath. This information was once of great practical interest to me when I was being tortured by being held under water. I preferred to die but my body had other ideas that I was not able to countermand. I felt humiliated by this. Coincidentally, I saw something on water boarding last night on the internet. It said that Navy Seals undergoing it as part of their training only lasted seven seconds on average, so they don't do that as part of their training anymore because "it's bad for morale." HAHAHA!!!briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-52670604237173759672013-07-28T15:51:06.844-07:002013-07-28T15:51:06.844-07:00Bho, I am thinking of leaving the USSA soon for so...Bho, I am thinking of leaving the USSA soon for somewhere else and your mention of Venezuela, etc caught my attention because your life story involved a sojourn in Asia at one time and you obviously drank deeply of what was offered there...So when you mention South America it catches my attention because I have been considering places in Central/South America and weighing that against somewhere like India/Nepal. So I wonder what your opinion is on the relative merits of Asia vs South America. I know that is very nebulous so I will try to sharpen it a bit. I recently reread a book that I was strongly moved by called A Different Kind of Luxury which profiles 11 people in Japan who live rurally in the mountains of Japan and grow their own food. Most are active in the arts on some way and all are also involved for many years in anti-nuke work. Several have travelled extensively in India at one time in their lives and some are involved with translating and publishing works from India and Nepal. Their stories were so inspiring to me because they seem to have simplified life in such a way that they were very grounded yet also had time for profound cultural work of various kinds. Really the book was very much about time, and how to free it up. How to disconnect from the machine and reclaim human life. So, when you speak of these other places, I wonder if this is part of your current consideration too, and if so, why you would not be talking about returning to, say, India instead of somewhere South?<br />Thanks,<br />Brianbriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-42614546161813393802013-07-12T14:07:46.390-07:002013-07-12T14:07:46.390-07:00Higher things have their own problems, looking dow...Higher things have their own problems, looking down on this place, not understanding. At best, apathetic, just like when men dream. Now, if you have skills, and wake some of that up, then you are responsible for the blowback. <br /><br />It is a hell of a thing, to cast the small hope in this place, and try not to get anymore killed in the process. <br /><br />So, if the Sky People are dreaming, then being more than a memory that is forgotten will involve what is not talked about, there is the War, it is not safe.<br /><br />The dead live. It is worrisome that the majority are changing their minds about casting the fortunes in this place, it is hard not to give up that commandment to do no harm. Mutants are OK, the rest maybe is up to something else, that has more hope in the human form.nealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-36589271102841123302013-07-11T19:32:41.328-07:002013-07-11T19:32:41.328-07:00Josh -
Liking what you say, brother. I do underst...Josh - <br />Liking what you say, brother. I do understand how the term is somewhat nebulous. Our english language is limited too in this regard (spiritual matters). There is a lot more depth in Sanskrit and the various native tribal languages (our local pueblo never had a writing system, either), just as an example. Don Juan speaks of "true human beings", others speak of souled and unsouled, etc etc. I too believe in the great possibility of 'different strains', though my direct knowledge and experience is limited. But I know for sure that sentience is not limited to humans. <br />Our original connection has been broken or severed, on the whole as a species, but the opportunity to reconnect is available to many, and the path is not easy and perhaps requiring lifetime devotion/perseverance.<br />"Divine creator being" works for me! bholanathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13722069078428772316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-25219545679193081002013-07-11T18:59:10.000-07:002013-07-11T18:59:10.000-07:00Neal said..."And what if this realm is the la...Neal said..."And what if this realm is the last, best, and only hope"?<br /><br />Neal I'm convinced our souls are immortal. None of this living in fear of anniliation. That doesn't feel right to me. But the experience of losing this planet, losing our home, yes, that is a sorrowful thing.<br /><br />I do believe at some point we are bound for higher dimensions where negativity(pain, suffering, fear, sadness, anger, hate) do not exist. While we are here we keep putting one foot in front of the other and 'do' and 'be' what is possible in this reality.<br /><br />Josh in North CarolinaJoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-57171560611310750182013-07-11T18:24:21.747-07:002013-07-11T18:24:21.747-07:00Bho, what is your definition of a 'human being...Bho, what is your definition of a 'human being'? This concept seems nebulous to me. Without exact defined borders.<br /><br />Here are my convictions/conclusions to date. I am a divine creator being. A sentient being. I know I am not alone.<br /><br />I believe there may be other 'beings', or 'entities', in the universe/multiverse, that are not divine creator beings. One or more metaphysical/physical strains. Rhetorical question here, do they have to start out this way or can it happen along the way to any being? Other names we have for these types of 'beings' are wetiko, psychopath, maybe even a severely damaged human.<br /><br />I know that when you begin to talk about what is a 'human being', you have to take into consideration the metaphysical/spiritual aspect along with the purely physical(genes, DNA) aspect. Once again I do have an idea of what it means to be a 'human being' but I do find the concept to be nebulous and without exact defined borders. I have a feeling much knowledge has been lost on this planet throughout the ages. Today, can even a few people truly define what it means to be a 'human being'?<br /><br />Josh in North CarolinaJoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-71055761652946030932013-07-09T07:41:35.286-07:002013-07-09T07:41:35.286-07:00The death of a child is one of the most painful of...The death of a child is one of the most painful of experiences. I first encountered death while lost in the woods when I was age 6 or 7.<br /><br />Although terrified, I remembered how to lift out of the form and move to an altitude whereby I could then regain my sense of direction. Upon landing again I quickly made my way back to the safety of the road. Stevo56https://www.blogger.com/profile/01885312212055783236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-86922164019116289942013-07-09T07:20:47.809-07:002013-07-09T07:20:47.809-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stevo56https://www.blogger.com/profile/01885312212055783236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-46535638941765721722013-07-08T17:43:47.676-07:002013-07-08T17:43:47.676-07:00And what if this realm is the last best and only h...And what if this realm is the last best and only hope?<br />There would be that whole deal with the venom, maybe die and live a long time, try to share the luck, and the curse, with breath, and touch, always like this. There is tech, that is a Catch 22, they erased too many, they have it, but not the instructions, that is what humans call politics, and green zones, and stargates.<br /><br />I do not know about good guys. I know about gangsters and deals, and the ones who go feral, and have instructions, and are commanded to watch, and wait, and live, and die, and sneak stuff around.<br /><br />Man make Machine, Machine eat Man. I do not make the damned rules, maybe poisoned, maybe live with it, hard to share that, in this place.nealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555143780258227796.post-1455568025087206642013-07-08T08:17:46.397-07:002013-07-08T08:17:46.397-07:00Even if the humans win this round as some say (3% ...Even if the humans win this round as some say (3% enlightened humans now, which is a tipping point), what planet are we going to inherit? <br /><br />... insufficient energy to self-correct? <br />... millenia to evolve sacred technologies to counteract and diffuse? <br /><br />Wow.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com