old3bob

I hope prices for dental work down under are not nearly as high as in the states, like $1200 for a crown or root canal ! Btw, with all the genetic stuff going on when will we see transplantable lab grown teeth? (not the vampire type)

well Katy does have nice teeth...

in some parts of the US and other areas in the world people still do a lot of canning along with having their root cellars to store long lasting foods without the need for electric devices to heat or cool their cellars for temperature. Years ago I used to buy the Mother Earth News magazines that had hundreds of great ideas for a more back to nature way of living, but I never got far into it although I still loved reading about it when I was younger and dreamed of having a little homestead away from the hustle and bustle of so called "modern life".

we have enough problems without new versions of terminators being developed!

and it looks like a fridge is not needed for that mix... so energy saving.

Many various and once fairly dependable man made systems to supply basic needs for people are being degraded or unraveling before our eyes!! Many millions of us count on having electricity for lights and appliances, natural gas for heating and cooking , water on tap, grocery stores, gasoline and or diesel for transportation, medical care and medicines, jobs, law abiding fellow citizens, safe neighbor hoods for our families, good schools for our kids, healthy eco-systems, a working internet, etc... Add to that the horrible and deadly impacts of regional or growing wars along with very radical weather ranging from A-Z and things do not look so good! Mankind's karma's is sure coming to a head! Some of us are relatively and physically safe for awhile but how long will that last as the dominos, so to speak, keep falling? Getting right with "God" or "Mother" nature in whatever way one feels and hopes about the goodness of life or "God" or "Mother" nature is basically the bottom line for us. Ai or ET. aliens won't save us.

haven't seen one of these aerodynamic buggies for a long time, its all non-aerodynamic taco trucks now...

duality which has aspects of contradiction does not transcend That which is not of contradiction, doubt in any aspect of mind is not doubt transcended. "....Silent and boundless, Standing alone without change...." is a conclusion or resolution so to speak from chapter 25 of the T.T.C., thus I'd say that change (or the flux of two to the ten thousand) that arise out of the changeless is not of changelessness, a.k.a. or pointed to as the great Tao. And apparently for Buddhists per "Udana 8.3 (Nibbāna Sutta), where the Buddha teaches about an "unborn, unbecome, unmade, and unfabricated" (and or unchanging-my insert) realm. He explains that without this, liberation (Nirvana) from the cycle of birth, death, and conditioned existence would not be possible."

great doubt resolved can result in great resolution, thus it can be used as a means but not as an end.... Btw, I'd say contradiction is not of unity, for it is true unity that is of unified light/energy. that sentence about beating around the bush simply meant that pointers to the "bush" are not the "bush" but may help in finding it. (as expressed by many in many ways)

"You know the prayer 'Holy God, Holy the Firm, Holy the Immortal'? This prayer comes from ancient knowledge. Holy God means the Absolute or All. Holy the Firm also means the Absolute or Nothing. Holy the Immortal signifies that which is between them, that is, the six notes of the ray of creation, with organic life. All three taken together make one. This is the coexistent and indivisible Trinity. "We must now dwell on the idea of the 'additional shocks' which make it possible..." My take is that the silence of the, "Holy the Firm" is an absolute crushing to nothingness, while the silence of "Holy God" is an absolute pure source.... From the book, "In Search of the Miraculous".

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there was also the idealism that sometimes took more concrete form back in the 60's and in other years, On a side note Vietnam and civil rights violence were of hellish times but who would have believed back then that parts of Vietnam would now become nice tourist destinations along with the progress that was made in civil rights for several years? (until you know who)

What no answer?

hmm, I'm not a master who does nothing (aka pure karma yoga) yet everything gets done...how about you?

in no space and no time (or formlessness and timelessness) nobody does anything, but Tao gave birth to the one and from there space and time came to be thus the two to the ten-thousand.

right, with silence based in wisdom backed up by power and silence based in powerless fear being very different... With those undeniably promoting powerless fear via violence being front and center in the world (or with some being behind the scenes) and often succeeding.

And when does silence on matters of violence act to contribute to violence?

Ditto on that! Many of us have lived fairly long and fortunate lives and have gotten to do stuff, (as in experiences) alas I feel very sad and bad for some the younger people around the world and more so for the little kids that have not, with many being killed in all the military or fanatical religious cross-fires of madness, along with some of the killing being willfully pre-mediated against civilian families!!

Many of the "powers that be" and various people in various government's could care less about human suffering along with the vast harm being done to all forms of life on Earth... it is mostly or often in vain to point out or harp about the lack of ethics, morals, and conscience to those that have willfully destroyed the same within themselves for a buck and or dark power. Also with those taken in by cults of false promises (lies) of glory that really bring destruction, including their own when the piper comes to collect; although some can finally turn away from destructive cults after painfully seeing the wool that has been pulled over their eyes!

Very sorry to hear of that terrible violence Nungali !!

With present military actions humanity will be fortunate if there only a half million horrible deaths related to same, if things get worse most of "we" do not want to think about it, or when it may come to our doorstep. Pray for a better day!

Although during the times listed below some spiritual schools were able to go into hiding (or secrecy) a.k.a. underground, but this time it is different with weapons now a thousand times more powerful ! "World War I (1914–1918): Estimated 15–22 million deaths (9–11 million military, 6–13 million civilians). Some estimates include up to 50 million additional deaths from the 1918 influenza pandemic. World War II (1939–1945): Estimated 60–85 million total deaths. This includes roughly 20–25 million military deaths and 40–55 million civilian deaths, with the Soviet Union and China suffering the highest casualties. Soviet Union via Stalin (1920s–1953): Estimates range from 6 million to over 20 million, with post-1991 research suggesting around 9 million direct victims (including executions, Gulag deaths, and the Holodomor/famine). Some, including Alexander Solzhenitsyn, have argued for much higher numbers, up to 60 million. China via Mao Zedong (1949–1976): Estimates range from 40 to 70 million or more. The highest death toll occurred during the Great Leap Forward (1958–1962), with 15–45 million deaths. The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) resulted in an additional 1–8 million deaths. Khmer Rouge (Cambodia, 1975–1979): Estimated 1.5–2 million deaths, which represented nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population at the time. Korean war, The conflict caused around one million military deaths and an estimated one and a half to three million civilian deaths. Vietnam, The war exacted an enormous cost: estimates of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians killed range from 970,000 to 3 million. Some 275,000–310,000 Cambodians, 20,000–62,000 Laotians, and 58,220 US service members died." And many other deadly wars or regional conflicts not mentioned above....

"we" are more or less in the same boat (called the Earth realm) thus exclusions of same are wishful thinking. Btw., prevalent denial, by-passing, naivety, (after having been shown proven facts, history and trends) or having an 'above it all attitude' are also pathetic...