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 Extraordinary or Ordinary? 
#5125276 - 12/31/05 07:41 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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There is a quote from the book "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman that goes something like this:
'Would you rather be extraordinary on the ordinary realm or ordinary on the extraordinary realm?"
Ponder this a while BEFORE you respond.
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The proof is in the pudding.
Edited by Swami (12/31/05 07:59 AM)
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redgreenvines
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 Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5125282 - 12/31/05 07:53 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I want an excellent adventure, for which you have to be excellent.
it does not easily fit your moebius question
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5125286 - 12/31/05 07:59 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'd like to join the ranks of the ornery extraordinaries; Wouldn't you?
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Let it not be remembered
That mycelium eats detritus and dies
But that life in all it's glory
Counts mycelium to be on it's side.
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5125369 - 12/31/05 09:24 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Continously challenged by extraordinarities to built up my own extra-ordinance
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5125376 - 12/31/05 09:30 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Whats the difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary?
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As the life of a candle,
my wick will burn out.
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shall beam into infinite.
 
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: psyka]
#5125586 - 12/31/05 12:07 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think I'd rather post quickly than think deeply about it...
If you are ordinary in the extraordinary, then you are not extraordinary, you are just ordinary. What is ordinary only depends on context.
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 Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5125798 - 12/31/05 01:43 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Swami said:
There is a quote from the book "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman that goes something like this:
'Would you rather be extraordinary on the ordinary realm or ordinary on the extraordinary realm?"
Ponder this a while BEFORE you respond.
Hmm...
Lots of "reading into it" issues... but I think I'll go with the first option.
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Sclorch]
#5125822 - 12/31/05 01:53 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'll go with the second. Just to dip a toe into the mysteries is better than being the first sheep out of the pen. 
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"Hang on tightly, let go lightly" -anonymous
“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
― Robert Anton Wilson
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Icelander]
#5125897 - 12/31/05 02:19 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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id rather be extraordinary in an extraordinary world 
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"A friend of mine was famous for holding his hits until his face swelled up and turned bright red. The veins in his neck and forehead would bulge and he'd get bug-eyed. He'd start sweating. Then he'd belch the hit out violently, along with plenty of spit, and gasp for air." ~UBAKO
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5125899 - 12/31/05 02:19 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Didn't you meet Mr. Millman in Mill Valley?
Did you get to jump on the tramp? 
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5126254 - 12/31/05 04:18 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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iv been ordinary in an extraordinary realm my entire life....id like to check out the extrordinary in the ordinary realm for a while.
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Icelander]
#5126309 - 12/31/05 04:38 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'll go with the second. Just to dip a toe into the mysteries is better than being the first sheep out of the pen.
Icey got the spirit of the quote the best methinks.
Let's take as an example, a VERY wealthy businessman who basically mastered the economic domain, but his marriage fails due to his selfishness or a sports superstar who has mastered the boards, but not his addictions.
These folks are extraordinary beings in the ordinary realm.
Then there are folks such as Gandhi or Mother Theresa that are quite ordinary, but because they are operating on a much higher plain, can have tremendous positive affect.
They are more interested in their own personal growth and integrity than the accolades of the masses; more interested in accumulating real knowledge than material goods.
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5126342 - 12/31/05 04:46 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thanks Swami, I know for sure that I have severe limitations in this lifetime, so far at least. I know I am quite ordinary as a truth seeker and practioner. Yet I know for sure that I have been blessed to look into the void and see bliss and mystery and love on occasion. I cannot imagine a life without this blessing and I remain as humble as possible so as to continue on this path with heart.
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"Hang on tightly, let go lightly" -anonymous
“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
― Robert Anton Wilson
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Icelander]
#5126345 - 12/31/05 04:49 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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That captures the essence. 
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5126356 - 12/31/05 04:52 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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i am a worm
and it is snowing all over my favourite dirt.
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I looked on Amazon.com for your book of haikus, but could not find it. Help us out.
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Icelander
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I never know for sure what you're saying. Are you saying that you are an ordinary spirit seeker, and saying it in your completely unordinary way?
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"Hang on tightly, let go lightly" -anonymous
“under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.”
― Robert Anton Wilson
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Icelander]
#5126448 - 12/31/05 05:21 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I believe that he and Gomp studied under the same Master...
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Re: Extraordinary or Ordinary? [Re: Swami]
#5126499 - 12/31/05 05:37 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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mucho competitivo ordinary - arianation
swami,
that's a great avatar.
where'd you get that gonzo avatar?
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It is a photograph of me peaking on DMT.
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