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"Suite Judy Blue Eyes" Performed Live By Crosby, Stills And Nash, 2012

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"4 Way Street," Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young's 1970 "Live" Album

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Trump Calls Retired General A "Dog" With A "Big, Dumb Mouth"

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What The Believers Are Denying: Climate Change Denial And Racism Denial Are Attacks On Reality

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"Brazil Is About To Show The World How A Modern Democracy Collapses"

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MItt Romney Slams Trump's Character In New Op-Ed

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Donald Trump, Felon: Re-Visiting Trump University

Mitt Romney Slams Trump's Character In New Op-Ed

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"Trump's Blinding Blizzard Of Bullshit": A Compendium Of Best "Pax" Posts


David Cay Johnston: "Trump Is Not A Loyal American... There Is A Traitor In The White House"



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U.S. Soldiers Are Not Allowed To Have Firearms In Their Barracks

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"Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence Bibliography"

What Second Amendment Evangelists Fail To Understand About Their Opposition

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Handguns At Home And The Scourge Of Suicide Among Young People

Mom Killed By 2 Year Old Child Described As "Responsible." NOT!

80% Of All Firearm Deaths In 23 Industrialized Countries Occurred In The U.S.
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"Trump Will Resign The Presidency In 2019 In Exchange For Immunity For Him And His Family"

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"Trump Doesn't Understand His Leverage Is Gone," Conservative Columnist Jennifer Rubin

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Trump Doesn't Understand His Leverage Is Gone"
Pelosi will ignore his spin
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"The Walls Around Trump Are Crumbling. Evangelicals May Be His Last Resort"

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"The Walls Around Trump Are Crumbling. Evangelicals May Be His Last Resort"
Why do white evangelical Christians support Trump and his wall so fervently?
By Greg Sargent •  Read more »


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Evangelicals: "God Sent Trump To Be King"

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A new poll says 71 percent of white evangelicals approve of his presidency.

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Televangelist Jim Bakker Resurrected: If This Doesn't Scare The Bejesus Out Of You, Repent For Your End Is Near!

Many Christians Live In An Unbreakable Bubble Of Biblical And Theological Dunderheadedness


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What Everyone Needs To Know About Trump's Wall: There's A Better Way

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Not One U.S. Legislator Whose Mostly Conservative Districts Abut Mexico Approves Trump's Wall


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Cartoon: Trump Gets His Wall

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All The Made-Up, Nonsensical, Hypocritical Highlights From Trump's Jan. 2nd Cabinet Meeting

January 2, 2019, 9:47 pm
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Life, Distraction, Kindness, Karma... And "Burnt Norton"

January 3, 2019, 6:32 am
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Dear Larry and Carol,

Thanks for your emails.

"We are not here to see through one another. We are here to see one another through."

I turn 72 this August and, except for people's kindness, find less and less reason to focus wisdom except as it is incarnated in behavior.

There is "talking the talk."

And "walking the walk."

And often it seems that focusing the former distracts from the latter. (Not always, but often.)

My limited involvement with meditation suggests that the mind is a "bubble machine" and our thoughts are the bubbles. 

We attach to them because they are distractions. https://www.etymonline.com/word/distraction (It is not coincidental that "distraction" is central to the phrase "driven to distraction" - a kind of low level lunacy.  

Distraction "takes us away" from the "straight shot reality" of our lives and how that straight shot -- taken "neat" (as Brits say when drinking liquor straight) -- can be the place where "we" meet. 

But make no mistake. 

Meeting is seldom (rarely?) easy. 

For me - and for many - meeting seems too real. 

"The bubbles," on the other hand, provide (or seems to provide) protection, insulation, escape.

Begging the question... protection, insulation and escape from what?

Four Quartets

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Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot is a work of four poems: Burnt Norton (1935), East Coker (1940), The Dry Salvages (1941), and Little Gidding (1942).

Burnt Norton (1935)


  • Towards the door we never opened
    Down the passage which we did not take
    Footfalls echo in the memory
    Point to one end, which is always present.
    What might have been and what has been Time present and time past
    Are both perhaps present in time future
    And time future contained in time past.
    • I
  • Into the rose-garden. My words echo
    Thus, in your mind.
    But to what purpose
    Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leaves
    I do not know.
    • I
  • Go, said the bird, for the leaves were full of children,
    Hidden excitedly, containing laughter.
    Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind
    Cannot bear very much reality    .
    Time past and time future
    What might have been and what has been
    Point to one end, which is always present.
    • I
  • At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
    Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
    But neither arrest nor movement.
    And do not call it fixity,
    Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
    Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
    There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
    I can only say, there we have been: but I cannot say where
    And I cannot say, how long, for that is to place it in time.
    • II
  • Time past and time future
    Allow but a little consciousness.
    To be conscious is not to be in time
    But only in time can the moment in the rose-garden,
    The moment in the arbour where the rain beat,
    The moment in the draughty church at smokefall
    Be remembered; involved with past and future.
    Only through time time is conquered.
    • II
  • Words move, music moves
    Only in time; but that which is only living
    Can only die. Words, after speech, reach
    Into the silence.
    • V
  • Or say that the end precedes the beginning,
    And the end and the beginning were always there
    Before the beginning and after the end.
    And all is always now. Words strain,
    Crack and sometimes break, under the burden,
    Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,
    Will not stay still.
    • V
  • Desire itself is movement
    Not in itself desirable;
    Love is itself unmoving,
    Only the cause and end of movement,
    Timeless, and undesiring
    Except in the aspect of time
    Caught in the form of limitation
    Between un-being and being.
    • V
  • Sudden in a shaft of sunlight
    Even while the dust moves
    There rises the hidden laughter
    Of children in the foliage
    Quick now, here, now, always—
    Ridiculous the waste sad time
    Stretching before and after.
    • V

I only recently discovered the life and work of Baba Amte, "A Man With An Oil Can."

Pax-Shalom-Salaam

Alan

PS What is the sound of one hand slapping? 

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 2:37 AM LJB wrote:

Alan and Carol
The people I am relating to now are in retirement age and/or passing away. Especially my friends with disabilities .

I find myself taking stock of the things I have or have not done or planned for.

I know that the doctrine of karma exists but a person cannot foresee complications or outcomes of choices we make or of expectations of oneself and others in life in general.
I would think by now I'd be wise and understand these things?
But reality slaps everybody in the face.
Happy New Year


Sent from my iPad

cs
3:26 AM (6 hours ago)
Hi Larry - and Alan -

We do think karma exists… but like most things, there is no way of proving it.  My out-of-body experience (unbidden or planned for - I was supposed to be killed and was not - I asked to come back - mainly to spare my family) left me with certainty that consciousness of all of us, goes on, forever.  There is a ‘higher power’.  That has given me some peace of mind.  What you may have wanted to get accomplished in this life, will be rectified over many lives.  Take some comfort from this.

It is very hard to know if we had a ‘successful’ life this time.  I wouldn’t worry about it too much.  Live as good a life as you can… be kind and forgiving to others in your life — while never losing track of the people and things that need to be corrected… this does not give a pass for accepting the cruelty of some people.  But recognize that the good people far outweigh the evil.  The evil takes a bigger focus because of the damage they do to us and this world.  The world is transitory but the soul is not.  The feelings I had on the other side, were peaceful and warm.  We endure as best we can.  And keep going forward.

Yes, you would expect (hope??) that wisdom comes with aging… haha  maybe not.  But learn what you can and especially, be kind.  Others suffer and we should bear up as best we can and have great sympathy for all who do.  Life is meant to be a learning experience… some of us just undertake more ‘lessons’ than others… maybe it hastens our release from the Wheel in shorter order.  All our questions will be answered.

We look forward to seeing you in chat whenever you come in.  They are your friends too.  Many suffer more than others.  But we will look out for each other.

Happy New Year to you both.

With love,
Carol


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"The Essential Difference Between Liberals And Conservatives"

January 3, 2019, 7:37 am
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BTW... "Getting mine" also refers to conservative Christians' ultimately selfish view of "salvation."

How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Nurturant Parent" -- Control Our Political Views

Long-Time Conservative Think Tanker Norm Ornstein Puts Full Blame On Republicans

Best "Pax" Posts On The Republican Party

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"My Gripe With Christianity"

The Christian Doctrine Of Damnation... And The Destruction Of Christ-Spirit

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Organized Religion And The Everyday Validation Of Violence

The Obsolescence Of God:
Good Religion And Bad

"Has America Lost Its Mind?" 1A's Brilliant Interview With "Fantasyland's" Kurt Andersen

Televangelist Jim Bakker Resurrected: If This Doesn't Scare The Bejesus Out Of You, Repent For Your End Is Near!

Many Christians Live In An Unbreakable Bubble Of Biblical And Theological Dunderheadedness

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"The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/obamacare-and-hard-central-truth-of.html


The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism

The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die. 

The sooner the better. 

Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right." 

To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice,  hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html 

Having poked their own eyes out, they fail to see that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall.

The Evangelical Persecution Complex
(Projection's Finest Hour)

Stupidity For Dummies: The Study Of Ignorance Helps Understand How Intelligence Works

Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment. 

Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold. 

Remarkably, although they are prone to believe all manner of Trumpeted nonsense, none of them are tempted to believe in their own spiritual peril.
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NPR - "Tracking Down Fake Videos": Bad News For Conspiracists; Seeing Is No Longer Believing

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NPR: "Tracking Down Fake Videos" 

Bad News For Conspiracists:

Seeing Is No Longer Believing 


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Alan: Trump -- who launched his presidential campaign with the birther hoax and supposed need for a xenophobic, largely ineffectual wall -- is the ultimate beneficiary of conspiracism.

Even though a few conspiracy theories may have truth in them, the overwhelming majority of these theories work to advance the cause of Trumpism and other forms of unhinged, existentially-destructive conservatism.

Even though I recognize that "something" does not "square" between "The Official Story of 9/11" and "facts on the ground" -- and although I respect the Kennedy family's suspicions concerning "The Warren Report" -- I will go to my grave resisting almost all manifestations of the conspiratorial swamp.

Note well:

Conspiracism is fundamental to America's unraveling, a political, social and cultural deconstruction which for many conservatives -- particularly "conservative""Christians" -- is The Goal.

Just eliminate the "built-up" evils of earth, and God - ex machina - will make it all "better."

"Prohibition, Noah, Ham And The Curse Of Canaan"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2011/11/daily-dose-111111-prohibition-and-curse.html

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Compendium Of Pax Posts: Persuading A Loved One That His Conspiracism Is Mostly Crazy
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/compendium-of-pax-posts-trying-to.html

My Friends' Devoted Conspiracism Is As Crazy As Trump's Birtherism. What To Do With Lunacy?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/07/my-friends-devoted-conspiracism-is-as.html
Harvey/Irma Hurricane Conspiracy Reveals The Idiocy Of Most Conspiracism
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/harvey-and-irma-hurricane-conspiracy.html

Ongoing Correspondence With A Conspiracist Friend Re: The "Staged" Slaughter At Sandy Hook
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/ongoing-correspondence-with.html

"More On The Newtown Massacre": Professor David Ray Griffin And The Swamp Of Conspiracism
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/more-on-newtown-massacre-professor.html

"Who Killed Sister Cathy?" Tom Nugent

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The Thinking Housewife's Conspiracism: Exploring The Falsehood
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-thinking-housewifes-conspiracism.html

Discussion With 9/11 Truther Friend About Epistemology, Belief, Certainty And Purpose

The 9/11 Truth Movement: Where Does It Lead?

"More On The Newtown Massacre": Professor David Ray Griffin And The Swamp Of Conspiracism
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/more-on-newtown-massacre-professor.html

The Thinking Housewife's Conspiracism: Exploring The Falsehood
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-thinking-housewifes-conspiracism.html

Conspiracy Thinking, The Death Of Shared Identity And The Collapse Of Common Purpose

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"Crisis Acting": A Standard Conspiracist Hoax That Supposedly Reveals Hoaxes (Snopes)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/07/crisis-acting-hoax-that-supposedly.html

The Daily Show Goes To Trump Rally To Hear Conspiracy Theories: They Are Not Disappointed

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-daily-show-goes-to-trump-rally-to.html

"More On The Newtown Massacre": Professor David Ray Griffin And The Swamp Of Conspiracism
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/more-on-newtown-massacre-professor.html

Trump Resurrects Clinton-Foster Murder Conspiracy

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Alan: Ultimately, Trump supporters are enemies of Civilization itself. 

As haphazard and broken as civilization may be, it is "something to work with," not the apocalyptic "purging of the earth" that aspires to "start over" through "purifying conflagration" - a "fire next time" that will be no more successful than The Garden of Eden, or Noah "re-starting" the world with his own "righteous kin," people who within a generation, were at least as degenerate as the antediluvian world.

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Donald Trump: "I Lie."

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"You Have NO Choice," A New Frame For George Carlin's Classic Shtick "The American Dream"

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Coal Is Not Coming Back: Price At Lowest Level Since 1979

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