old3bob

well worth repeating by Zerostao: "If by chance, the elites pull off some bizarre crime against humanity Hey it's not like they haven't done such in the past---- and a HOT CIVIL WAR breaks out amongst us,, STAND DOWN do not buy into it, do not be duped, Of course, you will stand your ground, defend yourself if it encroaches onto you, that is only Natural, and i send energies of success for such. Do not join in the participation of leaving your abode to go on the offensive against your neighbors. They are only co-victims such as yourself in this. It will take great effort from ALL of US to limit the Horror and Terror. City Folk or Country Folk, we are All Folk, and in the same boat. Careful, thoughtful, navigation of stormy waters, and maybe with a little luck, we will get through it. "....the thread is about survival, there are times when surviving becomes more challenging. often, it is your state of mind that will determine your outcome. Stay focused. Stay calm"

there is that song about about how a country boy can survive, and mostly off the land. Well there are still some places left where that might be possible but there are less and less of such places as time goes by because the Earth's eco systems are taking a beating and growing populations are rapidly consuming natural resources! An example from the past was how plains Indians of west survived pretty well for a very long time until the Buffalo was almost completely wiped out by greed and cruel stupidity and as part of plans for genocide of American Indians! My point: a country boy can only survive as long as there is good country to do it in which tragically is disappearing here in the US and around the world!

if there is space there is time, with both joined at the hip so to speak... it all begins and it all ends over and over again, the children of the Absolute are not illusions but the Absolute Itself veiled in forms by lawful purpose. "In the beginning was the Word..." or figure this: “There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is no beginning of that no beginning of beginning. There is something. There is nothing. There is something before the beginning of something and nothing, and something before that. Suddenly there is something and nothing. But between something and nothing, I still don't really know which is something and which is nothing. Now, I've just said something, but I don't really know whether I've said anything or not.”― Zhuangzi

Righto which I was trying to get at, and I'd add that that knowing is not of mind knowing or knowledge, but of Spirit knowing which sees right through mental constructs.

Did you hear that term back then? I was also there near Anchorage for a couple of years in the 70's. The summers were great, not so much for the long winters! It was different, for instance if someone poached a moose it might make front page news but if someone was murdered in the wild down town area it might be reported on the 3rd page of the local papers...

A term that it is probably not heard much anywhere else but Alaska is this: "Pioneers who wandered the territory carrying sourdough starter in their packs became known as “sourdoughs”—a term that is now used to label an Alaskan old timer". (and some who were or are pretty sour like in dealing with greenhorns)

"Tao goes far and returns, to paraphrase a saying." (and also in a way never left per my understanding)

Well I watch tv or movies looking for epic adventures, quests or action, say "Lord of the Rings" type shows or something like "Bosch" the detective, some informative historical documentaries, treasure hunting, an occasional survival episode and quality Sci-Fi like "Dune",, so my bias is related to those.

Does anyone think TV and movies overdoing all the sexual variations of people on their shows, it seems kind of like sometimes when making it a big part of the show...then again I'm an old guy pretty set in my ways.

I'd suggest getting off the esoteric high horse which is above it all, for in the created universe with countless beings there is time, space, seasons etc...whereas no-thing, no space, and no time, is also no man's and no gods land where evolution has ended or never was and only one being exists yet That is big enough to include said creation not as a nihilistically denied illusion but as relative reality. Tao goes far and returns, to paraphrase a saying.

we know that a whoosh takes time to pronounce

are you saying evolution does not need time? Since time is an illusion per your manifesto...

there is a purpose to evolution regardless if some deny it....

To me the Buddha (among founders of other ways) sometimes said seemingly conflicting things, for instance see the saying below which does not actually deny a Self, (capitiol S) a Self which is not to be confused with a compounded self (which to me is a misunderstanding in much of orthodox Buddhism) “There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded.” — Buddha

The great Tao is in (so to speak) all things but is not a thing, for things including the One are born/derived from the Great Tao, if you will some correlation of that can be found in Hinduism.

The mind's true nature is a Thing whether dark or bright, Self is beyond such categories per revealed teachings and true Guru.

I'd say that any man or woman could be with ten thousand partners 10 thousand times or eat ten thousand variations of food ten thousand times, all of which would pass away and not be enough to satisfy the soul in the end.

after countless experiences but such still not being enough - what can satisfy beyond all measure?

"Mind" per many of Hinduisms revealed teachings does not and can not contain the Self.... for instance and as found in the Chandogya Upanishad and others; although and granted pure mind (as a THING) aligns with and serves the Self.

the cosmic dancer, (Lord Nataraja) both sub-atomically and across all galaxies....

it is not that the human ego/mind becomes enlightened per-se, it is that the Self understands that it is not the human ego or vehicle it was identified with, yet it can still use such as an inter-face with the "world"... so for an eternal or timeless moment(s) Self remembers Self beyond regular memory and is un-stuck or no longer stuck in identification as a particular someone in time and space! (although an echo of that in the memory of a human being can point (so to speak) yet that pointer is not the Self since regular memory is an aspect of the human mind which can not contain or circumscribe the Free Self.

that is true, btw our oven came with Wi-Fi capability which we sure didn't need or want, imagine someone putting the wrong settings in remotely and burning up whatever is in the oven! And if you can't operate it without certain software or wi-fi then you could be SOL when it comes time to use it.

its amazing how many of us take modern conveniences for granted; electricity being a major one along with water on tap, heat from the furnace, AC, handy phones, pc's, vehicles to drive around in, grocery stores, etc.., imagine if we all had to go back to the early 1800's without such....

I like thin crust with reduced cheese now since I don't need all the carbs and fat from a super deep dish; btw. the company that sells fresh take home and cook it yourself pizza is my favorite, more so with its 20% discount for vets!