Crop Circles

This is one of the most amusing and entertaining videos I have seen yet.
The way Lane starts from the simplest form and moves through increasing the possibilities is great. I will try to use those tactics in future debates. Even though crop circles are great productions and I’m sure they take time, precision and careful planning, they can be done by humans, as Lane argued. Just like when we look at Stephens realization of natures form, that by taking a basic mathematical equation repeating it several hundred times to form a simple but yet very complex unique form. That same realization was tactically executed in this debate. His counterpart did not have enough knowledge or supporting critirias for his argument. I have looked at several websites that potray and do their best attempt to justify reasoning of the crop circles. Even though I still don’t believe in them they can be very convincing and made the same argument Jeff Dave had but again they did not answer the simple questions Lane had without introducing extraterrestrials’ into the equation as their answer to the how they became about. They talked about the bending of the plant, the heat emanated, electromagnetism but nothing pointed to the solid fact of alien existence and creation.

Flame On

Mortality redefined

Homosexuality passionate love all?

Today’s conquest is tomorrow’s competition?

Cultural truth changes as culture changes with time. Have we changed for the better with time? It depends, scientifically, medically, literature and our ways of communication have vastly improved for the most part. What part or importance does the sexuality of one person have on what they did for history? A person’s sexual orientation, which is their hearts desire, influences what they in turn express out worthy. The notion that Nitche expresses about guild being pointless, could be because he does not want to feel guilt for what he is doing or desires to do, is ridiculous. So he is saying that it is pointless for a murderer to feel guilty for was they have done, why because it’s already done and nothing that person does brings back to life the dead person? What about feeling guilty for a mistake done, and the person seeks redemption, what then is their guilt pointless as well, even if redemption can be obtained? Why is it that our once great state could drop prayer from the schools in its attempt to separate church and state now decades later forcefully try to demand indoctrination of homosexuals to our very young minds? Knowing that these minds are very impressionable and are placed in a facility to what we thought to be trust worthy, principal baring, responsible, educators who are placed in these positions to partake in being a type of role models to our children. Why does the state oppose the indoctrination that teaches love, respect, and authority, and attempt to push an agenda that wants to teach tolerance of all kinds. We are being asked to tolerate homosexuality at this time. Later as the world continues, what other self seeking guilty pleasure will it ask its society to tolerate? Murder, rape, we are already tolerating the death of many innocent children. Why is it that as a society we are looking to please ourselves and what our desires are and not to look out for the greater good. The people mentioned in this film probably brought enlighten, inventions, and different gifts as individuals to our rich history. What do their sexual desires have to do with us? Why should we bare and have to accept their choices?

Zahir

“The Zahir stands for beings or things which have the terrible power to be unforgettable, and whose image eventually drives people mad.” Jorge Borges. Zahir has a demonic influence? Perhaps behind the coin is god?

For a person as intellectual and thought provoking as Jorge Borgas was, why does the thought of a mere coin entrap him? If it was some other person with much less knowledge as him could have obtained that same coin and not given it much thought to it and any more meaning than that of its monetary value and maybe on what they were going to spend it on after obtaining it. But why does such a simple object get such power to cause this very knowledgeable man such disturbing trouble? Is it the power that he gave it as he realized what it was called and what the meaning of that same word meant? Then in turn subconti9ously captured his thought and continued to relish in the fearfulness of the satanic symbolism that word carried? Did his constant pursuing to find the root of his disturbance cause him to be more and more disturbed as he linked more and more of the scent of the experience right before receiving that troublesome coin to the coin its self. We can train our mind to form illusions and with repetition believe that those illusions can actually be true, and physically find them true, at least to the person that is experiencing the disturbance of said such illusions.  Just like a person who lie’s and then continues to repeat that same lie enough to the point of convincing themselves, even if they cannot convince others, that what they are saying and continue to say is actual fact, when it isn’t. Another example could be a person thinking themselves sick. The individual could have very much pain and truly be suffering but when the physician conducts all forms of tests to try to find out what is wrong with that patient and cannot find anything it could be said that the person, could maybe be thinking themselves sick. I have heard, “Mind over matter.” That if we train our mind to think ourselves well we can probably help avoid getting sick or a much lesser type of sick, meaning  how we view and react to a cold or t flu. Know I suffer from really bad migraines and the physicians cannot find anything wrong with me. Does that mean that I think myself sick, I think to myself this is going to give me a headache and bam there it goes, I get a piercing headache? NO! I don’t think about it, even when I get a migraine, one of my eyes might close-up because the pain is too much and the light that comes into that one eye is bothersome, depending of what side of my head is in pain. Somehow I continue about my responsibilities attempting to overcome the knowledge and sense of that pain because I believe I will not let the pain overcome me, but I will overcome it. Hold on, don’t athletes think in those same steps? Why couldn’t this very knowledgable man overcome his mind from repeating an undesirable image or sensation? We learn by repetition, attempting to engrave knowledge, understanding and the functionality of things, why wouldn’t the opposite be true? The less you think of something and occupy your mind and time with something else, eventually the thought and image will be forgotten.

Mummy vs. Wolfman

Our primary nature of humans is the repression of death brought by the fear of death because we do not understand what happens after death. So as time has passed we have put much effort in and thought into how not to die! We have for years and continue to attempt to develop ways to keep from dying, mostly from illnesses. That is why we are living longer than our ancestors did and why the average 60 year old takes at least three prescription medications a day to continue functioning and prolong the idea of death for that much longer. This way of aging is mostly concentrated in our Western civilization. Some tend to think that from the moment we are born we being to die. Scientifically our amount of carbon begins to diminish the moment we die and so the body can give count of how long we had been dead to the corner examiner, as well as the calcification of our bones could tell that same corner how old we were at the point of death. The reason we cannot experience absolute death is because humans cannot experience consciously the absoluteness of death. There is death of the body which the priest tried to preserve back in ancient Egyptian times and we in the western civilization try to prolong. What about the death of the soul or consciousness? Does that exist? So if absolute death is not obtainable where then do we continue this realization? Some say heaven or the underworld, or like others we are our souls continue in a different form.  As a young adult I can tell you that death is a kind of fear of mine, not so much because of the unknown after death but mostly for the future of my children, who would take care of them especially my special needs son and how that will impact them. On the other hand worked many years in a convalescent home, long term care facility, and there I would speak with people that were ready to go. They would tell me that they were done with the pains of this world. They would express that they had either a good life, hard life or bad rough life and at the end it would be the same, now I’m just tired. They had their memories and were ready to rest. The manifestation of transformation from life to death experience could be taken differently depending on the age or physical state that individual has. If we do not appreciate time as we have it now and look at death as the end of our lives then we life as those who have no hope in what is to come after, even though no one has come back from the dead to tell us what that hope could be, or has there?

Surfers Mantra

Every ones in a while things happen! There is always a probability after enough chances are taken. Once in a great while someone will roll a seven, an odd number will fall in and you might have a winning. But again just like you said, we count of the times we have successes and not take into account all the many times we have failed. This game of probability is just like the string theory. Probability does not have an exact number but yet an array of numbers  or chances that our desired outcome can have. Our few successes can fall into the spectrum of possible occasions, which we in turn find as winnings. Prayer on the other hand, depending on who or what you pray to does determine if that prayer fall on death ears or of an answer that is least desirable for the asker and claim that their prayer was not answered, but we should realize that we don’t always get what we want and what we want is not always the best thing for us in the first place. As children we don’t understand how that works. My son who has autism is having a difficult time understanding why he cannot have frozen entries or take out every meal. He has grown up, so far knowing that if dad eats out he can eat out too, and if dad doesn’t want to eat what mom made he doesn’t have to either. 9 years later, and two physicals with lab and all, my husband has realized he has to lose weight, and when my son had his physical this year the dr confirmed not just to me but also my husband that if we let our son continue with his eating behavior he was going to have difficulties later on in life. This again going back to the probability, my daughter and I eat the same things my husband and son do but our weight is within our normal index, even though I am a full 16 inches smaller than my husband and I eat just as much as he does. The difference in the two equations is that my daughter and I add to our meals plenty of water and fruits and vegetables, which our other half does not. Now, because my husband and son have chosen to follow their desire to eat whatever they crave instead of being modest and eat what is tasteful and better for them, they now have an undesirable outcome. So as we go through this journey of modifying both their behaviors they have learned that it is not easily changed and not everything we want is good for us. Finalizing with, ‘NO’, can also be an answer. Not necessarily the answer we are looking for or care to acknowledge but what is handed to us.

Gumby Land

In an Age of Faith

For those who have believe untested nonsense and claim that what a man made hand would ever do anything for society or mankind is seriously confused and is being lead by the master of confusion. How can a manmade object be a reincarnation, like your said, “It’s completely nonsense.” If ideas cannot be falsified and must be rationalized, tested and then the theory or idea should be repeated enough to find its truth standing, if there is no truth to it then it deems its self false . Several believe systems have fallen into the realm of Gumby Land. Others with the same masquerade have devised them just for profit, unfortunately. Many have declared themselves spiritual with hope of finding other ways of spiritual help, concentration with the hope of reaching nirvana, to the point of attachment of fallowing a deception. This brings me back to Maya, the deception, false illusion of perception. Individuals fallow the illusion because they want to believe the illusion not necessarily because it is true. How can a piece of clay that has a mouth but cannot talk, eye’s but cannot see, and lack of ears to hear, be more enlightened and bring forth probabilities when it has no power to do even the basic human abilities? How can something that is manmade and could be destroyed with those same hands be an essence of spiritual growth? It is with much imagination and desire to be deceived that one can get attached to Gumby, a lucky item such as a horse shoe, rabbit’s foot, or any other item that can perish.

In search of the perfect Coke!

The real message about finding a perfect coke or metaphoric point of the film is to be aware of our surroundings and possibilities so that we do not miss out in once in a life time experiences that can transform or add to the fulfillment of life’s joyous moments. Even though not mentioned, it can also be portrayed by the birth of a child, moments of a wedding, not necessarily the big or small event, but moments that fill those amazing memories we are to hold later on in life. I have memories of my mom and grandmother cooking authentic Mexican food out of the very little amount of food that we had, take-out for us was a huge luxury that we could not afford. Now I realize how fortunate I was to have had experienced such great food that has not been able to be replicated once since my grandmother died in 1997. My husband has taken me to some of the best Mexican restaurants in Southern California and Nevada, but still with their high prices and attempt to come close to my grandmothers cooking, it does not reach perfection. I remember wanting to have a Bob Big Boys burger, and still till this day I have not had one and would still like one and am tempted to know what it would be like to taste what I so dreamed of as a child to have but could not afford. I’m sure I’ll order takeout from one someday. Now as an adult I have learned that even though my grandmother, who comes not from a city or even a town but from a hill in the outskirts of a town, could cook with very simple inexpensive ingredients a meal unlike any other. Now as an adult I learned how to appreciate what I had as a norm back then, my poor people food, that a rich society has tried to replicate, and at least from my experience has fallen short. I truly miss my Mamaria, and will always remember the memory of her simple loving ways and how she would cook for us, what I did not realize then but know now, the perfect sensations of tasty meals. It’s times like this that are cherished in our memory banks of taste, smell, and visualization that enrich our lives and can be found where and when least expected.