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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: Swami]
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I guess it can be a beutifull natural thing, but I will be on the outside of the cage watching (with pride?)....  :shocked:  :grin:


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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: LunarEclipse]
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I agree with everything except that humanity is suspect. You were jesting right? To me everything is an aspect of the creative force. It's beatiful because it's amazing. Not because it's pleasant. As humans we have the limited perspective of human/material existence.

From my exploration of my life subjectively, it seems that existence is much more than the material experience. So any judgement I could make based on my subjective experience is suspect when applied to all of existence. But my logic tells me that whatever is happening is completely, mindblowingly, with out a doubt amazing. I choose to use the word beatiful among others.  :mushroom2:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

Edited by Icelander (04/29/05 03:08 PM)

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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: Swami]
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"Hummingbird sized horseflies down at the lake. This one had to be 2.5" in length."

More like 2.5 cm which is 1". We are talking body length exclusive of antenna. Wingspan doesn't count.

The smallest hummingbird in North America is the Calliope Hummingbird, which is 3" in body length.


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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: Swami]
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Swami said:
My way when they are biting is to go back inside or put on some Off.
Then you are not grokking them in their fullness.



Relevance?

Remember, the TOPIC was that they are beautiful... not whether the POSTER is 'grokking them in their fullness'...  :rolleyes:

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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: JacquesCousteau]
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Are you saying that visual beauty is the only type and that experiential beauty is irrelevent or are you just being argumentative?


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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: Swami]
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Swami said:
Are you saying that visual beauty is the only type and that experiential beauty is irrelevent or are you just being argumentative?


Neither.

I'm saying that one can appreciate one aspect, without necessarily subjecting themselves to aspects that they do not appreciate.

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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: JacquesCousteau]
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aspects that they do not appreciate

Hence, not beautiful. Thank you.


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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: Swami]
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Swami said:
aspects that they do not appreciate

Hence, not beautiful. Thank you.


Here, let me reword it for you:

I'm saying that one can appreciate one aspect, without necessarily subjecting themselves to aspects that would be destructive to their well-being.

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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: JacquesCousteau]
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Here, let me reword it for you:

EVERYTHING is not beautiful.

Case closed.


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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: Swami]
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Case closed? Hah.

You need to go back to the parts of this thread where it's stated that beauty is a subjective concept.

The ONLY thing you can "prove" is that YOU don't find beauty in all things. And you've proven that quite thorougly.

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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: Icelander]
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"humanity is suspect."

Actually, I said mankind. The activities of men have already and will continue to upset our climate. Geopolitical problems could escalate and the current partisan hysteria is troubling.

But hey, even if there is a nuclear holocaust, or if the ocean level rises 10 feet, the larger picture of this big beautiful mysterious universe remains.

I am a believer and a skeptic. I believe in mystery and the possibility of all things. But, I am also skeptical and cynical and analytical and logical when it comes to proof. Unlike some, I do not discount personal experiences as having no validity simply because I am in no position to evaluate their possible experiences. I keep it in the maybe category like all other things. Maybe is a big category.

The possibilities are endless, the absolutes small in number.


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Re: Everything is Beautiful [Re: LunarEclipse]
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Lunar. I salute you! :thumbup: :heart: :mushroom2:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
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