tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post5050884772369343312..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: The Earth Is FlatPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-20123548615471504802007-03-04T19:39:00.000-08:002007-03-04T19:39:00.000-08:00And through all the danger you now are in the mids...And through all the danger you now are in the midst of, you still see the beauty... Ahhh, the principle of 'live and let live' that they haven't mastered yet. I do have a daughter like those you speak of, but please, I don't want anyone to back away from thier thoughts on the mater! She drives me up the wall too. I didn't raise her that way, however she married into this. She has asked me in the last 3 years to come and live with thier family...LOL!!! I think not:D. She needs to make it to her next birthday...for the children's sake:). I still haven't figured out how a perfectly intelligent young woman has become so ignorant, it seems like overnight. It's like she belongs to a cult. It's pretty scary. So I'm in empathy with those who have to contend with these people on a daily basis. I have to contend with thier ignorance when the Congress and Bush listen to them, as we all do... but we need to get religion out of our government. What was it Jesus said? I believe it was Caesars things to Caesar and Gods things to God... we need to go back to it. Sleep well Peter, dream of those Egrets my friend...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-1027710165003655722007-03-03T18:13:00.000-08:002007-03-03T18:13:00.000-08:00There is a great book I've read recently that addr...There is a great book I've read recently that addresses a lot of what you're talking about. It's called Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. Basically, if you're not an evangelical christian, they're difficult to tolerate. I have a very hard time listening to the organize sects of christianity put people down, dig holes and bury their heads in them, and just be beligerant to the secular world. I hate that these people are representing my religion. I'm pretty sure Jesus wouldn't be pleased.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072259264111848667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-28055537917831653502007-03-03T14:32:00.000-08:002007-03-03T14:32:00.000-08:00Your dream is beautiful and disturbing. Usually we...Your dream is beautiful and disturbing. Usually we cannot cut through the water easily. This is a good symbol, conscious of doing something with ease. Muddy water is traditionally connected to depressed feelings, dark, unclear, or threatening thoughts. Counter-currents are often the obstacles or forces we feel working against us. The egrets seem to be something understood, hence the correction, it's an egret, and something beautiful, like a beautiful thought.....some general ideas.<BR/><BR/>On that idea of getting attention in art, or other fields: I was wondering if the Buddhist ideal had something like this: that the things which have the greatest influence are the things that are built up gradually, that the sudden only frightens and repels because the ground should be prepared. But repeated penetration of an idea has the most lasting influence. Duration. Things and ideas that endure owe their influence to influencing over time, rather than suddenly like an outrageous act, which, by this token, doesn't last, or may have no effect at all. <BR/> Furthermore, such influence can only come from one who is calm. Hence the Obama idea. It's an agitated, contentious, and waring society, so deliberative calm is not understood, and seen as a weakness or slowness.<BR/><BR/>Bill Maher said last night, that Gore is doing the best job of running without being in the race.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com