June 30, 2006
Off to the Seashore
I'm off to the seashore for the lo...o..o...ong weekend. Maybe I won't toss (or catch) any morsels into cyberspace until next Tuesday, given the wireless wasteland that is my village. With that in mind, I wanted to remind you of this week's juicy tidbits, now that you might be able to savor them fully at your leisure. Enough of the feeding analogy.
You might turn your attention to the two moving pictures -- Adam Curtis' "The Power of Nightmares" and Richard Dawkins', "The Root of All Evil" (all three parts)
If you've already watched both films, may I introduce a new subject on which to while away your time. It is of particular interest since Gnostic Gospels are surfacing all over the place (so beautifully popularized by The DaVinci Code) -- "The Ten Major Priinciples of the Gnostic Revelation from Exegesis by Philip K. Dick. And his Gbiography, "The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick" by R. Crumb. In case the name sounds familiar, he's the author of "Blade Runner".
Oh my, someone just sent me an email about Thorstein Veblen . What the heck! I'll throw him into the pot, just in case it rains.
To reiterate, if you chose to accept the assignment above, you will have examined the development and containment of spirit (by the church), evidence of what happens when powerful energy is contained without allowing creative flow, (the dogma, corruption, darkness, evil of organized religion), as well as some lessons from those who were inspired by the example of Jesus, wrote about it, but were suppressed by those who sought power rather than flow. No doubt you will find some useful tips on how to live in the spirit, rather than the institution. Lord only knows what Thorstein has to do with it.
I, personally, am going to the beach.
Tata. Gonna miss me?
Photo note: Boat at dawn, overcast
