Comments for The Paradigm Shifts Here http://rahimdawood.org Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:18:22 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Of clay and mirrors by Eric Lee http://rahimdawood.org/2010/of-clay-and-mirrors/#comment-25 Eric Lee Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:18:22 +0000 http://rahimdawood.org/?p=1962#comment-25 Aren't I glad that I'm not the only disbeliever. I thought I was the "unarmed opponent" for the longest time as I'm easily outnumbered. I'm felt like a knight fighting against 1000 zombies. My friend we need to chat. Eric Aren’t I glad that I’m not the only disbeliever. I thought I was the “unarmed opponent” for the longest time as I’m easily outnumbered. I’m felt like a knight fighting against 1000 zombies.

My friend we need to chat.

Eric

]]> Comment on There is no god but… by feemurk http://rahimdawood.org/2010/there-is-no-god-but/#comment-18 feemurk Wed, 26 May 2010 03:53:26 +0000 http://rahim.zungumza.com/?p=1279#comment-18 It's funny that you should mention taoist philosophy in an exposition that attempts to contain/define/describe what may be considered an anecdotal line (at best) spoken by the proxy - of course. "Persists no god, nevertheless god" or any variant thereof "there stands/persists/survives/endures no god, aside-from/barring/disregarding/except god." The english language is hardly a precise enough tool to describe "the everything". Lingual fencing aside, it's a logical fallacy that is simply meant to strike at the poetic/chiched heart-strings of kings and men alike. I find that taoist genesis speaks best: The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding. Loosely translated ... The Way that can be experienced is not true; The world that can be constructed is not real. The Way manifests all that happens and may happen; The world represents all that exists and may exist. To experience without abstraction is to sense the world; To experience with abstraction is to know the world. These two experiences are indistinguishable; Their construction differs but their effect is the same. Beyond the gate of experience flows the Way, Which is ever greater and more subtle than the world. It begs the question as to what is obviously an immutable conclusion that since pursuit of an answer that if men can fathom an answer, even if reached, it will inevitably not be the answer (wow look at that - logically false again ... hmmm), then why search? It’s funny that you should mention taoist philosophy in an exposition that attempts to contain/define/describe what may be considered an anecdotal line (at best) spoken by the proxy – of course.

“Persists no god, nevertheless god”

or any variant thereof

“there stands/persists/survives/endures no god, aside-from/barring/disregarding/except god.”

The english language is hardly a precise enough tool to describe “the everything”.

Lingual fencing aside, it’s a logical fallacy that is simply meant to strike at the poetic/chiched heart-strings of kings and men alike.

I find that taoist genesis speaks best:
The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao
The name that can be named
is not the eternal Name.

The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.

Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.

Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.

Loosely translated …

The Way that can be experienced is not true;
The world that can be constructed is not real.
The Way manifests all that happens and may happen;
The world represents all that exists and may exist.

To experience without abstraction is to sense the world;
To experience with abstraction is to know the world.
These two experiences are indistinguishable;
Their construction differs but their effect is the same.

Beyond the gate of experience flows the Way,
Which is ever greater and more subtle than the world.

It begs the question as to what is obviously an immutable conclusion that since pursuit of an answer that if men can fathom an answer, even if reached, it will inevitably not be the answer (wow look at that – logically false again … hmmm), then why search?

]]> Comment on Necessary Illusions by karimd http://rahimdawood.org/2010/necessary-illusions/#comment-17 karimd Fri, 07 May 2010 20:18:11 +0000 http://rahim.zungumza.com/?p=1266#comment-17 Summed up in a trilogy - "The Matrix". Summed up in a trilogy – “The Matrix”.

]]> Comment on Necessary Illusions by RKH http://rahimdawood.org/2010/necessary-illusions/#comment-16 RKH Fri, 07 May 2010 15:54:13 +0000 http://rahim.zungumza.com/?p=1266#comment-16 Excellent! However, I also think that it's not just impotence and confusion - I think that for a large sector of those in western countries, they are conscious of their priviledged economic status in the world and that their government is protecting that (irrespective of their own internal class status - ie even the poorest have refrigerators). (these days, even the poorest have a cell phone, eh?) Excellent! However, I also think that it’s not just impotence and confusion – I think that for a large sector of those in western countries, they are conscious of their priviledged economic status in the world and that their government is protecting that (irrespective of their own internal class status – ie even the poorest have refrigerators). (these days, even the poorest have a cell phone, eh?)

]]> Comment on Why are we afraid of everything? by ideaguy http://rahimdawood.org/2010/why-are-we-afraid-of-everything/#comment-15 ideaguy Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:42:18 +0000 http://rahim.zungumza.com/?p=224#comment-15 TRD, I always remember FEAR as False Expectations Appearing Real. It's funny because when FEAR comes knocking on my door, I usually send COURAGE to answer it. When COURAGE opens the door, FEAR is usually nowhere to be found... TRD, I always remember FEAR as False Expectations Appearing Real. It’s funny because when FEAR comes knocking on my door, I usually send COURAGE to answer it. When COURAGE opens the door, FEAR is usually nowhere to be found…

]]> Comment on The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase by The Ranting Dream http://rahimdawood.org/2009/the-pursuit-of-happiness-is-a-most-ridiculous-phrase/#comment-8 The Ranting Dream Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:08:23 +0000 http://rahim.zungumza.com/?p=284#comment-8 ...take good care of yourself and prepare for the bundle of joy on its way - and smile always!... “...if you learn from your suffering, and really come to understand the lesson you were taught, you might be able to help someone else who's now in the phase you may have just completed. Maybe that's what it's all about after all...” - Author Unknown …take good care of yourself and prepare for the bundle of joy on its way – and smile always!…

“…if you learn from your suffering, and really come to understand the lesson you were taught, you might be able to help someone else who’s now in the phase you may have just completed. Maybe that’s what it’s all about after all…” – Author Unknown

]]> Comment on The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase by redlunarmoon http://rahimdawood.org/2009/the-pursuit-of-happiness-is-a-most-ridiculous-phrase/#comment-7 redlunarmoon Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:03:12 +0000 http://rahim.zungumza.com/?p=284#comment-7 I'm currently going through a rough phase; 4 months pregnant and an arsonist decided to burn my house (and my home-based business) to the ground. I felt quite lost, and in resentment of humanity. Thank you for helping me get my balance back!!! I’m currently going through a rough phase; 4 months pregnant and an arsonist decided to burn my house (and my home-based business) to the ground. I felt quite lost, and in resentment of humanity. Thank you for helping me get my balance back!!!

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