tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post7340357049131101597..comments2023-10-31T04:56:00.798-05:00Comments on It Must Be the Vapors…: ANONYMOUS: Mental Concrete Pt. 2Yodoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-40310893106571095342009-10-30T15:07:52.693-05:002009-10-30T15:07:52.693-05:00Dearest Lilwave,
No where did I attempt to define ...Dearest Lilwave,<br />No where did I attempt to define your belief, you just jumped on my description of the futile vacuity of claiming authority of any kind when it is based on obedience to the authority of another, superior or not, and applied it to yourself. The reason it was a such a poor description was beca=use you made such an ill fit for something not about you until you owned it, or not — I'm never quite sure what you mean.<br /><br />Sometimes it feels like you get hit because you jump in front of me while I'm shadow boxing.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-19910998583290110692009-10-30T13:56:52.195-05:002009-10-30T13:56:52.195-05:00Yodood,
How can you say, "It is that very ult...Yodood,<br />How can you say, "It is that very ultimate authority for your own life that I say we all exercise when we choose how to define our beliefs." Then you turn around and try to define mine? And poorly I might add.Lilwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180488374061262082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-11441613868194785222009-10-30T12:37:36.515-05:002009-10-30T12:37:36.515-05:00I get your drift here but you do cast a wide net -...I get your drift here but you do cast a wide net - i agree on most points especially on it being fruitless to enter the conversation with an 'authority' since he/she is not interested in discussion but merely the wallowing in his/her own cleverness.<br />I once made the mistake of voicing an opinion on Lenin's Tomb only to be belittled (in the third person) by two authorative twats wallowing in their own cleverness :D<br />wrt your point about facts: David Byrne put it best (for me) "Facts just twist the truth around"Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-69171477077979955732009-10-30T10:17:18.881-05:002009-10-30T10:17:18.881-05:00"We all have an ultimate authority, defined o...<i>"We all have an ultimate authority, defined or not."</i><br /><br />It is that very ultimate authority for your own life that I say we all exercise when we choose how to define our beliefs. <br /><br />Claiming belief in a higher authority nullifies any claim to personal authority, anything one can do must be okay despite the effect on sinners and the environment, it's taken care of. There's always Christ's insurance policy making up for a life lacking personal responsibility with confession, atonement, acceptance of blah, blah, blah on one's death bed. Premiums paid in prayerful thithing, opt in, never too late.<br /><br />I find such such systems reprehensible, dishonest and destructive to the natural evolution of practitioners over their lifetimeYodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-50857043824261911742009-10-29T21:29:45.048-05:002009-10-29T21:29:45.048-05:00You say authority is a problem. I just asked a few...You say authority is a problem. I just asked a few simple question about the what you imagine the alternative to be that inspired this blog post.I curiously wanted a glimps into that world....<br /><br />"Sure nature has ultimate authority."<br /><br />Exactly!<br />And no, we do not need to define it for it to exist but we would be blind or totally self absorbed if we did not recognize it.<br />We all have an ultimate authority, defined or not. Yet, we all define it by our response to it.Lilwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180488374061262082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-68800636937429124772009-10-29T18:33:28.387-05:002009-10-29T18:33:28.387-05:00Here's one of those definition/context nodes w...Here's one of those definition/context nodes where I must go back to the origin of authority being author being writer/creator of the rules for their area of expertise from collector of blue lunas on up to the truly uppity creator category, who is above initials, in fact we're not even supposed to say His name. All others working to emulate that guy. The only authority I truly recognize is my own responsibility to maintain a curiosity able to be inspired by insight whereever or in whomever I find it, and for however much I let it influence the rest of my life.<br /><br />Sure nature has ultimate authority if you can get the connotations of intent or purpose out of the term. Its authority lies in the fact that it is what it is and changes as it does no matter what we define or want it to be. It is our choice to see, recognize and harmonize with that authority or blame it on the boogie man and continue building machines to conquer our granted "stewardship" and wonder why nothing seems to work.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-58642908435762569892009-10-29T17:02:04.551-05:002009-10-29T17:02:04.551-05:00I agree with some of this but it makes me curious....I agree with some of this but it makes me curious. I'd like to pick your brain, so to speak...I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind.<br />Do you think it is better to not have any authority at all?<br />If you don't, then what type would be the exception?<br />If you do, what would you imagine the world to be like if there was no authority?<br />Do you feel that there is authority in nature itself?Lilwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180488374061262082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-64616843526838057092009-10-29T06:22:33.611-05:002009-10-29T06:22:33.611-05:00Brian,
Intriguing comment, could you elaborate. ...Brian, <br /><br />Intriguing comment, could you elaborate. <br /><br />No matter how often my younger friends misapply "awesome", politicians connnect it to shock or how much either use irks me, I am still as awestruck by inspirational things as I was in childhood.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-47172137288131913592009-10-29T06:11:19.680-05:002009-10-29T06:11:19.680-05:00yes, i believe so. on another note, inspiration an...yes, i believe so. on another note, inspiration and awe seem to have tarnished a bit, at least in the original...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com