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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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I can think of nothing less empowering than mindlessly repeating words spoken by a leader or written in a book. Negative bonus points for dressing in the same fashion as everyone else and all facing the same way.


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I hope you were kneeling when you said that.


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Re: Ritual [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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Does the OC wear clothes he made himself?


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Re: Ritual [Re: Mufungo]
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If I a post a pic of me at the computer, you could very well have nightmares for years to come.


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Re: Ritual [Re: Lakefingers]
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Dammit! :mad2:

Who hacked my photo album?!


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Re: Ritual [Re: Lakefingers]
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I look younger without my glasses.


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Re: Ritual [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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Do you celebrate birthdays or holidays in any form or fashion?

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Re: Ritual [Re: Amber_Glow]
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For social purposes only, not to gain power or knowledge. Special days are not special to me.

Mandatory card and present exchange seems to create more pain than pleasure.


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Re: Ritual [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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OrgoneConclusion said:
I can think of nothing less empowering than mindlessly repeating words spoken by a leader or written in a book. Negative bonus points for dressing in the same fashion as everyone else and all facing the same way.


then dont do it


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Re: Ritual [Re: Lakefingers]
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Lakefingers said:
OrgoneConclusion said:
If I a post a pic of me at the computer, you could very well have nightmares for years to come.


Don't be so hard on yourself. It's just a bit of visceral fat.




I think I know that guy...
He's thinner at the moment though.


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The Mad Shroomer said:
People are always promising the apocalypse. They never deliver. :frown:

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Re: Ritual [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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OrgoneConclusion said:
For social purposes only, not to gain power or knowledge. Special days are not special to me.

Mandatory card and present exchange seems to create more pain than pleasure.


I very much agree.

On rituals, I think they're worthwhile if their origin and meaning come from the person doing them. Following another person's rituals is pointless, but we all have personal rituals we value, whether we think of them as rituals or not.


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Re: Ritual [Re: laserpig]
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I've been repeating "Om Gum Ganpatayei Namaha" several hundred times a day and 20 minutes endlessly to work and from work.

It's opened my eyes to opportunities everywhere.

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OrgoneConclusion said:
I can think of nothing less empowering than mindlessly repeating words spoken by a leader or written in a book. Negative bonus points for dressing in the same fashion as everyone else and all facing the same way.


That's not ritual, it's 'service' or 'worship'. This is ritual:


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Re: Ritual [Re: Middleman]
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no, thats an awesome poster


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Re: Ritual [Re: Wet]
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Heh, titties. :smirk:


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OrgoneConclusion said:
I can think of nothing less empowering than mindlessly repeating words spoken by a leader or written in a book. Negative bonus points for dressing in the same fashion as everyone else and all facing the same way.


Mindlessness is, more often than not, a benefit of ritual.  Although it can be said that consciousness cannot manifest without mind, I speak of mindlessness as the passive mind in submission to will.  Rest assured, gnosis, trance states, invocation, etc. can all be attained through a properly performed ritual.  Although these states may upset the ideologies of the mindchained, much like the use of drugs capable of activating 5th or higher circuits of consciousness(Leary model), they are in no way indicative of depowerment.  Of course, power is a rather vague term typically associated with dominance and possession.  A point can be made of a properly performed ritual as being both empowering and depowering depending on ones understanding of what the term implies.

When one thinks of ritual as a typical Sunday mass at the local Cat box, I can see how one may take on a negative outlook.  However, I think the main issue with ritual of this sort is that it simply does'nt seem to facilitate exalted states of consciousness.  For comparison within Christianity, I view Pentecostalism as a far more effective denomination as it simply seems to work often for the intended purpose of its ritual activity.

It is quite obvious that many rituals are designed as glyphs for a greater meaning.  Compare to the way various forms of art(of which ritual is one) do the same thing.  However, the words and such of a ritual may possess no meaning whatsoever and still be effective.  Such is the case with the barbarous names of evocation.  Yet, when performed with the proper fervor, things may simply work.  I urge one to meditate upon I,44 and I,56 of the holy book for validation on this.  A person may be provided with many paths up the mountain, some of which more efficient than others,  but does the person also have the ambition to climb it or the physical capability to do so?  Also, provided with the above, can the climber find love in ascending, descending, and resting upon the slopes?


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Re: Ritual [Re: Middleman]
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Hey...I still have that Hawkwind album. I even saw them in concert at The Academy of Music in NYC.
"Hurry up sundown...see what tomorrow brings..."

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