tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36389826.post8153579995007474466..comments2014-02-16T05:19:19.448-08:00Comments on Here and Now: Anna Nachesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815076353874108574noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36389826.post-77394023886411965892009-10-18T05:53:57.776-07:002009-10-18T05:53:57.776-07:00I once saw a documentary about Jansenists, a Dutch...I once saw a documentary about Jansenists, a Dutch sect following Jansen, who stated that the snake in Paradise HAD spoken. They live an Amish kind of life somewhere in Ukraine. Their motto was "from newness comes LITTLE good" (my emphasis). So it is more like a warning sign they take very seriously, anything new. However that doesn't mean they will not adopt it in the end.Ron de Weijzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135626951792092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36389826.post-75100167214692932942009-10-18T05:47:16.484-07:002009-10-18T05:47:16.484-07:00Amish would probably disagree :)Amish would probably disagree :)Anna Nachesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815076353874108574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36389826.post-92053063187701530802009-10-18T05:43:36.816-07:002009-10-18T05:43:36.816-07:00I think the message is that the end comes before t...I think the message is that the end comes before the means to it. The means should never sanctify the end, however the reverse is always ok. I recently understood this is exactly why quantum mechanics ARE an improvement over classical mechanics. In the end, there is the explanation of the beginning and looking back at the Big Bang background radiation we need to realize how it can be that all that was the smallest, now is the largest. Only waves can explain that. One kind of energy, solving and dissolving to and from matter. The mind does the same, creating thoughts and shaping an immaterial (virtual) space of objects, popping in and out of existence as we like (to read). So to know how we got started and where is our stronghold, we need to trace back to our (mental) roots, believing it to be true from a pov of accumulation, overview and insight, as real as things ARE. And if not from our own experience and knowledge, then from IT that was handed down and cared for through the ages. Imho there is nothing in the bundle of books (Bible) that says: thou shalt not e-read.Ron de Weijzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135626951792092605noreply@blogger.com