To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
Isaac Newton
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Hello Marty
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It matters very little where the vast oceans are. It is a state of quiet satisfaction to me to know that I am not the same person today that I was yesterday nor will I be the same person tomorrow. How can that be? After having stared at life "through a glass darkly" I have discovered something which is virtually inconceivable to me today, but will be part of my certain knowledge tomorrow or the next day, or the next.
I am finding myself indissolubly linked to the four corners of the earth and the universe. The glass though which I look darkly is a window and a mirror. Is the truth I seek in the vast oceans around me? Are those vast oceans already in myself? Am I so connected to the vast oceans that we coexist? Or am I and the vast oceans the same thing, the true phenomenon of reality? I think all of those questions are answered by "YES."
The great adventure of life is to accept the changing nature of ourselves and the progressive movement of our lives. The frightening part is to think what may be discovered in the dark depths of the sea. But the gradual realization of what it is and that I put it there myself gives me the courage to haul it up onto the beach and understand it.
Although I live alone I am not alone. I tread the beaches that others of fame and obscurity have marked with their feet, and occasionally I meet one of them on our mutual journey. And, if we wish, we can stop and share the joy and knowledge of our findings in the vastness. And in sharing we are one. And when we part we are both changed.
The ebb and flow of mentality is comforting to me. The truth must retreat in order to resurge. When the tide comes in it brings me more of itself and wakes up some mystery from the deep. I am secure in knowing it will happen because it always has, even if for years I didn't notice it.
It is at those holy times when I embrace the vastness of the unknown and am embraced by the ocean as I embrace myself.
I look forward to the spinning of the earth, from light to dark to light again. I look forward to the moonlight, the soft whisper of retiring waves and the thunder and crash of the high tide when a new idea. a greater understanding, comes rolling onto the beach with a giant "YES."
DB - Vagabond Journeys
Never give up.
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AUTUMN QUESTION
What event over the past year changed your life, a lot or a little?
3 answers so far.
dbdacoba@aol.com
I await your answers.
DB
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Showing posts with label Isaac Newton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isaac Newton. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Step Into Reality
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
John F. Kennedy
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Hooray! Someone has found the Garden of Eden. But due to the movement of the Earth's crust it's currently at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. No problem. Divers are going down hoping to find the Tree of Life and bring up some of the pods and seeds to plant so that the wealthy can live forever, those being the only ones rich enough to afford the exorbitant prices the finders will demand. There will be a black market, I suppose, but that's no guarantee of a cheaper price.
Meanwhile others are exploring the mountains of the Near East to find the planks of the original Noah's Ark while others are combing the desert of Iraq looking for bricks from the Tower of Babel.
It is an amazing thing that there are still unfortunate people who believe that creation literally started with a man made out of mud, a woman ripped from his side and that evil began with a talking snake and a bite of forbidden fruit.
Myths are wonderful things. They are the stories the human race has invented to explain the unexplainable. There are myths all over the world in every culture and language, some are ancient and some are recent.
There are myths dwelling in the halls of Science as well as the tents of nomads. The difference is that those myths are exploded when they are replaced with facts, discoveries and the logic of clear headed thought.
I like myths. All the plays I've ever acted in were myths, all the characters I played were mythological creatures, some larger than life, some smaller. But each of them had the duty of expressing truths and posing the questions that would not be heard outside of the fiction. Shakespeare's King Henry the Fifth asks "Can the king who commands the beggars knee command the health of it?"
The apple fell from the tree until Newton discovered the Law of Gravity and determined that it was pulled instead. Is the Law of Gravity a myth? Most likely so. But, as with any myth, it's real meaning must be discovered and determined before we can take the next grand step into the kingdom of reality.
DB - The Real Vagabond Journeys
Never give up.
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SUMMER QUESTION
Summer is moving along, people.
It's a long, hot, sticky summer, so here's a hot, sticky question for you. Don't let the recent New York State decision rob you of your thunder.
Same sex marriage. Should it be legal or not? If so, why? If not, why not?
dbdacoba@aol.com
Only 13 answers so far.
You have until the last day of summer, but don't dally.
I eagerly await your answer.
DB
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John F. Kennedy
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Hooray! Someone has found the Garden of Eden. But due to the movement of the Earth's crust it's currently at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. No problem. Divers are going down hoping to find the Tree of Life and bring up some of the pods and seeds to plant so that the wealthy can live forever, those being the only ones rich enough to afford the exorbitant prices the finders will demand. There will be a black market, I suppose, but that's no guarantee of a cheaper price.
Meanwhile others are exploring the mountains of the Near East to find the planks of the original Noah's Ark while others are combing the desert of Iraq looking for bricks from the Tower of Babel.
It is an amazing thing that there are still unfortunate people who believe that creation literally started with a man made out of mud, a woman ripped from his side and that evil began with a talking snake and a bite of forbidden fruit.
Myths are wonderful things. They are the stories the human race has invented to explain the unexplainable. There are myths all over the world in every culture and language, some are ancient and some are recent.
There are myths dwelling in the halls of Science as well as the tents of nomads. The difference is that those myths are exploded when they are replaced with facts, discoveries and the logic of clear headed thought.
I like myths. All the plays I've ever acted in were myths, all the characters I played were mythological creatures, some larger than life, some smaller. But each of them had the duty of expressing truths and posing the questions that would not be heard outside of the fiction. Shakespeare's King Henry the Fifth asks "Can the king who commands the beggars knee command the health of it?"
The apple fell from the tree until Newton discovered the Law of Gravity and determined that it was pulled instead. Is the Law of Gravity a myth? Most likely so. But, as with any myth, it's real meaning must be discovered and determined before we can take the next grand step into the kingdom of reality.
DB - The Real Vagabond Journeys
Never give up.
****************************
SUMMER QUESTION
Summer is moving along, people.
It's a long, hot, sticky summer, so here's a hot, sticky question for you. Don't let the recent New York State decision rob you of your thunder.
Same sex marriage. Should it be legal or not? If so, why? If not, why not?
dbdacoba@aol.com
Only 13 answers so far.
You have until the last day of summer, but don't dally.
I eagerly await your answer.
DB
************************
Thursday, October 28, 2010
High Tide
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
Isaac Newton
*****************
It matters very little where the vast oceans are. It is a state of quiet satisfaction to me to know that I am not the same person today that I was yesterday nor will I be the same person tomorrow. How can that be? After having stared at life "through a glass darkly" I have discovered something which is virtually inconceivable to me today, but will be part of my certain knowledge tomorrow or the next day, or the next.
I am finding myself indissolubly linked to the four corners of the earth and the universe. The glass though which I look darkly is a window and a mirror. Is the truth I seek in the vast oceans around me? Are those vast oceans already in myself? Am I so connected to the vast oceans that we coexist? Or am I and the vast oceans the same thing, the true phenomenon of reality? I think all of those questions are answered by "Yes."
The great adventure of life is to accept the changing nature of ourselves and the progressive movement of our lives. The frightening part is to think what may be discovered in the dark depths of the sea. But the gradual realization of what it is and that I put it there myself gives me the courage to haul it up onto the beach and understand it.
Although I live alone I am not alone. I tread the beaches that others of fame and obscurity have marked with their feet, and occasionally I meet one of them on our mutual journey. And, if we wish, we can stop and share the joy and knowledge of our findings in the vastness. And in sharing we are one. And when we part we are both changed.
The ebb and flow of mentality is comforting to me. The truth must retreat in order to resurge. When the tide comes in it brings me more of itself and wakes up some mystery from the deep. I am secure in knowing it will happen because it always has, even if for years I didn't notice it.
It is at those holy times when I embrace the vastness of the unknown and am embraced by the ocean as I embrace myself.
I look forward to the spinning of the earth, from light to dark to light again. I look forward to the moonlight, the soft whisper of retiring tide and the thunder and crash of the high tide when a new idea. a greater understanding, comes rolling onto the beach with a giant "YES."
DB - Vagabond Journeys
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AUTUMN QUESTION
(This is not a contest.)
At what event of the past do you wish you could be present? Why?
5 responses so far.
dbdacoba@aol.com
Thank you.
DB
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Isaac Newton
*****************
It matters very little where the vast oceans are. It is a state of quiet satisfaction to me to know that I am not the same person today that I was yesterday nor will I be the same person tomorrow. How can that be? After having stared at life "through a glass darkly" I have discovered something which is virtually inconceivable to me today, but will be part of my certain knowledge tomorrow or the next day, or the next.
I am finding myself indissolubly linked to the four corners of the earth and the universe. The glass though which I look darkly is a window and a mirror. Is the truth I seek in the vast oceans around me? Are those vast oceans already in myself? Am I so connected to the vast oceans that we coexist? Or am I and the vast oceans the same thing, the true phenomenon of reality? I think all of those questions are answered by "Yes."
The great adventure of life is to accept the changing nature of ourselves and the progressive movement of our lives. The frightening part is to think what may be discovered in the dark depths of the sea. But the gradual realization of what it is and that I put it there myself gives me the courage to haul it up onto the beach and understand it.
Although I live alone I am not alone. I tread the beaches that others of fame and obscurity have marked with their feet, and occasionally I meet one of them on our mutual journey. And, if we wish, we can stop and share the joy and knowledge of our findings in the vastness. And in sharing we are one. And when we part we are both changed.
The ebb and flow of mentality is comforting to me. The truth must retreat in order to resurge. When the tide comes in it brings me more of itself and wakes up some mystery from the deep. I am secure in knowing it will happen because it always has, even if for years I didn't notice it.
It is at those holy times when I embrace the vastness of the unknown and am embraced by the ocean as I embrace myself.
I look forward to the spinning of the earth, from light to dark to light again. I look forward to the moonlight, the soft whisper of retiring tide and the thunder and crash of the high tide when a new idea. a greater understanding, comes rolling onto the beach with a giant "YES."
DB - Vagabond Journeys
*************************
AUTUMN QUESTION
(This is not a contest.)
At what event of the past do you wish you could be present? Why?
5 responses so far.
dbdacoba@aol.com
Thank you.
DB
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