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Bo is smart, or maybe he is channeling, Whackey?
(hmm--a comma makes a lot of difference sometimes...)
posted by
Ciel
on February 3, 2007 at 4:19 PM
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Sannhet, are you implying that we are nuts, through and through?
posted by
Ciel
on February 3, 2007 at 4:18 PM
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It's all one!
-^..^-
Bo says!
posted by
Whacky
on February 2, 2007 at 7:20 PM
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Ariel, I have to respectfully disagree with the notion that anyone
is non-believer: We all believe something, and we actually can know very little, no matter how profoundly certain our beliefs.
I'm glad you stopped by and commented--I have relatives that are devout atheists, and I have never really chatted with them about what it is they believe, and where they draw the limits of their beliefs. Every time I tried to talk with them, they got a bit evangelical on me, all talk, no listen... No dialogue. They might, in those days, have said the same of me: we were all younger then!
Maybe we can have that conversation I could not have with my relatives.
In the meantime, your comment here has stimulated my next blog entry...
posted by
Ciel
on February 2, 2007 at 7:02 PM
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Ciel -
For me, thinking of accessing wisdom is akin to accessing the meat of a pecan inside the shell. As you peel away the shell, it is still a pecan. When the shell has been completely removed and you have nothing but the meat, it is all still a pecan. The shell, though it may be cast aside, is not identified as "no longer a pecan." It is still a pecan, though we may idenitify it as the shell. But if we want the meat of the pecan, we have to remove the shell. I think if we want true wisdom, we have to remove the Self (if only temporarily) to get to the wisdom that is self. But it is still all Self/self.
posted by
sannhet
on February 2, 2007 at 2:09 PM
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Ciel--
Samuel said something similar to me, that we are all channels. I guess I am not sure how "high up" it goes until it ceases to become a part of me, or if it does at all. But this was an excellent post with much food for thought!
posted by
Julia.
on February 2, 2007 at 1:22 PM
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Ciel
I'm pretty sure that I speak for most atheists and other non-believers in stating that wisdom is an attribute inherent in human nature ; not derived from some external force or being. It's probably, well, almost certainy, a simple survival mechanism.
Interesting post, thank you
posted by
ariel70
on February 2, 2007 at 11:49 AM
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