tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post2660404234191109251..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Rage against the dying of the lightAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49772326300720851842011-04-18T15:32:47.935-07:002011-04-18T15:32:47.935-07:00Indeed so, Rehan, something the Christian world, i...Indeed so, Rehan, something the Christian world, in its materialism, has rather lost sight of.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30704015739726176722011-04-18T10:54:50.900-07:002011-04-18T10:54:50.900-07:00We have surely created man to face hardships.
(Th...We have surely created man to face hardships.<br /><br />(<a href="http://www.alislam.org/quran" rel="nofollow"><i>The Holy Quran</i></a>. Al Balad [The Town]: 5).<br /><br /><b>The fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community took up</b> <a href="http://www.alislam.org/library/books/revelation/part_2_section_6.html" rel="nofollow">'The Question of Suffering'</a> <b>in his <i>magnum opus</i></b> <a href="http://store.alislam.org/revratknowan.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth</i></a>.Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22804044021134044192011-04-18T00:22:16.867-07:002011-04-18T00:22:16.867-07:00I see.I see.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-81288566810927691282011-04-17T17:43:06.456-07:002011-04-17T17:43:06.456-07:00I think the problem is likely all at my end, Ana.I think the problem is likely all at my end, Ana.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-158340556277463182011-04-17T15:25:29.774-07:002011-04-17T15:25:29.774-07:00Calvin, sometimes comments get dumped into the spa...Calvin, sometimes comments get dumped into the spam box for no apparent reason. I've checked; there is nothing there. Please repost it if you wish. Be assured - I will always publish your comments.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-68288023443950011762011-04-17T15:23:29.391-07:002011-04-17T15:23:29.391-07:00Nobby, that's true.Nobby, that's true.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-20172053102277378342011-04-15T09:35:57.859-07:002011-04-15T09:35:57.859-07:00Somehow, my original comment was lost in cyberspac...Somehow, my original comment was lost in cyberspace. Now I wonder if that constitutes a bad thing happening to me, or a good one for those spared sight of it? The spark flared and vanished, and no one witnessed its brief, bold defiance against the cold indifference of chaos. Those electrons, by design or chance, are scattered for eternity unless some alchemy could somehow redefine the unique void left by their vanishing.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-15362230504136826212011-04-15T08:21:13.551-07:002011-04-15T08:21:13.551-07:00Ana, If 'Man can alter his life by altering hi...Ana, If 'Man can alter his life by altering his thinking' then, yes, it is pragmatic.Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329815721904353534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43221896014195863612011-04-15T07:53:24.198-07:002011-04-15T07:53:24.198-07:00Probably, Ana :-)Probably, Ana :-)Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329815721904353534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-24146640901941302792011-04-15T00:08:26.915-07:002011-04-15T00:08:26.915-07:00Nobby, is that pragmatic? :-)Nobby, is that pragmatic? :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-35574174532447614512011-04-15T00:07:49.226-07:002011-04-15T00:07:49.226-07:00Calvin, I think I'm missing something here, or...Calvin, I think I'm missing something here, or are you being more than usually subtle? :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51870401841931861332011-04-15T00:06:45.979-07:002011-04-15T00:06:45.979-07:00Anthony, who knows? :-)Anthony, who knows? :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72020921286961713332011-04-14T21:46:01.458-07:002011-04-14T21:46:01.458-07:00"Our normal waking consciousness, rational co..."Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the flimsiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."<br /><br />William James.Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329815721904353534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72276483069724542132011-04-14T16:36:04.308-07:002011-04-14T16:36:04.308-07:00Evidently my post was subject to divine interventi...Evidently my post was subject to divine intervention . . .Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-78884631350180172802011-04-14T15:45:19.042-07:002011-04-14T15:45:19.042-07:00Live longer.Live longer.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-91277521360691285922011-04-14T15:32:44.992-07:002011-04-14T15:32:44.992-07:00Jay, we shall start a new school. :-)Jay, we shall start a new school. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51502551335833400342011-04-14T15:31:48.518-07:002011-04-14T15:31:48.518-07:00Stephen, I shall; I do. :-)Stephen, I shall; I do. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53654710918129086052011-04-14T15:31:05.542-07:002011-04-14T15:31:05.542-07:00Anthony, it's easy to take one's fate and ...Anthony, it's easy to take one's fate and define it as destiny, when it's nothing of the kind, nothing beyond time and chance.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82202968058776796662011-04-14T15:29:31.738-07:002011-04-14T15:29:31.738-07:00NP, I'm sure that's true.NP, I'm sure that's true.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51026836443083813822011-04-14T09:54:05.105-07:002011-04-14T09:54:05.105-07:00Hi Ana,
This discussion takes my memory back to m...Hi Ana,<br /><br />This discussion takes my memory back to my college years where my pre-med Philosophy major roommate and I cobbled together our own belief system regarding existence in general. It was encapsulated in our motto: "Anything can happen - and often does."<br /><br />-JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-52513272497357426762011-04-14T08:16:59.241-07:002011-04-14T08:16:59.241-07:00@ E: There is a profound difference between religi...@ E: There is a profound difference between religion and spirituality. organized religion is the invention of man for social interaction and controll etc. and spirituality is your connection with all things seen and unseen.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-68477828014427383152011-04-14T08:10:51.045-07:002011-04-14T08:10:51.045-07:00From energy to matter, from matter to energy to ma...From energy to matter, from matter to energy to manifest again. Energy is neither created or destroyed, it just changes forms, the same applies to the life force in you.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67667822113829503782011-04-14T08:04:16.008-07:002011-04-14T08:04:16.008-07:00No point in thinking about justice when we have ou...No point in thinking about justice when we have our eyes on Eros, granted we know where to look for it. Outside of that arguing about universal justice sounds too much like a legal game, which, I don't know about anyone else, but I'd never wish to impose THAT upon a lover, as long as we're still attracted to one another. As far as the botox goes, Orwell argued it was inhuman to expect perfection out of anything... Keep 'em running Ana.Stephen Cahalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685010365929686988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-48253695660820876542011-04-14T07:57:28.257-07:002011-04-14T07:57:28.257-07:00It always does, but the circumstances are differen...It always does, but the circumstances are different for everyone and you do not always get to see or realize the manifestation upon another. There is no escaping fate (karma).anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-12955045134870660702011-04-14T07:03:47.717-07:002011-04-14T07:03:47.717-07:00Yes, it's all time and chance, as the old prea...Yes, it's all time and chance, as the old preacher sayeth. I love Thomas' poem, but it's something only a young person could write. I've seen enough people die to know that at that point there's very little will or energy left to rage, rage against the dying of the light.nothing profoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538561601096574876noreply@blogger.com