There is a wealth of information being made available at the 800 Days blog in the Day 775 post. There is the suggestion, of course and as always, for readers to become more informed about "things." More specifically, readers are invited to become more informed about a certain uncommon text that is available but possibly not widely enough read or discussed.
Now, Blake Hall has described this book as being related to esoteric Christian works, New Age philosophies as well as an Occult item, so for those three associations, I'll buy in to the idea that it's an important piece of literature.
The book: OAHSPE - Seven Books of Spiritual Wisdom by John Ballou Newbrough and David A. Cardone. Blake gives a bit of history behind this literature, so I won't go too far in explaining but would just like to mention alternate titles this book has been published under - just in case an alternate title jogs someone's memory.
OAHSPE - A True Channeled Book, OAHSPE: A New Bible (wikipedia article), OAHSPE; A New Bible, in the Words of Jehovih and his Angel Ambassadors, and also OAHSPE; A Kosmon Bible, in the Words of Jehovih and his Angel Ambassadors.
The most recent title is the first given in this post, OAHSPE - Seven Books of Spiritual Wisdom.
Admittedly, this is not a book I have read in full. I have seen large portions of excerpts to date, but this book is one that I am suddenly compelled to read. I have found the book in Google Books and am currently reading it, starting from page 583, where G-Books allows me to see the text. This Chapter has the heading, "Book of Cosmogony and Prophecy.
Once you choose to start reading this book, the format will likely remind you of the Christian Bible/Scriptures ie: chapters and verses. Let me just offer a few interesting quotes:
Verse 19: If an iron wire extend from city to city, and vortexya be charged at one end, it will manifest at the other pole, and at times even escape in a flame of fire (electric flash). Verse 21: When vortexya is manifested in flames of fire it is called electricity. But when it lieth dormant, as in iron, it is called magnetism.
Here are numerous verses pertaining to the topic of "energy" or as close as I can describe what is meant by "vortexya" at the moment. If you're bored by scientific terminology, this section ought to interest you just for the difference in terminology from what you are accustomed to hearing/reading in current science journals and articles. You'll have to spend a few seconds, here and there, figuring out an "equivalent term" for just a few words but the stretching of vocabulary will prove useful for texts you'll read in the future and, obviously, for further chapters in the OAHSPE book.
And that's about as wrapped up as I should get as far as blogging about the OAHSPE text because Blake provides another esoteric-related piece of wisdom literature...
Another/the Other Title: The Secret Teachings of Manly Palmer Hall and this is definitely off the esoteric shelves and has content related to Masons, Hermetic literature, arcane sources and information.
Definitely, some extra reading is in order here!
I'll be getting back to the OAHSPE Literature now.
Day 775 in the 800 Day countdown was Saturday November 6 2010.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Day 776 (Tidbits)
Getting into some symbolic stuff here for the 800 Days blog as far as the Friday November 5 2010 Day 776 post is concerned. What this means is an awesome poem by Blake4d called "ZEA MAYS."
You might ask, who or what is Zea Mays, anyway? (Most people don't know)
Well, I don't know how in heck Blake found out about Zea and me but...
*sigh*
Zea was this golden haired beauty whose life intertwined with mine quite some time ago...
I was about 14, she - older and wiser, by far... To look upon her golden waves of hair took my breath away, as I recall. I will never, have never, simply cannot - WILL NOT - forget about Zea Mays. It's just not possible...
So who/what is Zea Mays?
Look her up in the Glossary section. The tabs for getting to that page are above this post.
And once you've returned back here to read, please don't be harsh with me... I wasn't misleading...
Blake's selected content for the Day 776 post over on The 800 Days blog is a wonderful piece of poetry about Zea Mays - about Zea Mays' body swaying in the wind, her wisdom, her permanence/immortality, about consuming Zea Mays and being consumed by Zea Mays... a poem about mortality and immortality, dragonflies, nymph, wolf, bear, buffalo and bones...
But there's more...
The Zea Mays poem is about bald eagles, cactus thorns, wings, fins, hands and feet - both of four and two legged creatures...and finally
About death...then life again.
Go Read: Poem - ZEA MAYS by Blake4d
Hie Hie
And as far as the rest of the Day 776 post - YES, THERE'S MORE than just the Zea Mays part...
Blake seems to have been rushed to make a Day 776 entry, but has made a nice little bit of fiction for readers to enjoy. Personally, it's not on my favourite theme - INSECTS - but just because it's written by Blake4d, I decided to read it in its entirety...
AWESOME.....spooky, bizarre - pretty much right up my alley...
Insects and telemetry (see Glossary if you're not sure what telemetry is), a somatic Morpheus (can't you determine already that just a hint of poetics is waiting for you?), see, sleep, Samhain night... "I love all insects...I love all insects...I love..."
Blake4d...
:)
Day 776 in the 800 Day countdown was Friday November 5 2010.
You might ask, who or what is Zea Mays, anyway? (Most people don't know)
Well, I don't know how in heck Blake found out about Zea and me but...
*sigh*
Zea was this golden haired beauty whose life intertwined with mine quite some time ago...
I was about 14, she - older and wiser, by far... To look upon her golden waves of hair took my breath away, as I recall. I will never, have never, simply cannot - WILL NOT - forget about Zea Mays. It's just not possible...
So who/what is Zea Mays?
Look her up in the Glossary section. The tabs for getting to that page are above this post.
And once you've returned back here to read, please don't be harsh with me... I wasn't misleading...
Blake's selected content for the Day 776 post over on The 800 Days blog is a wonderful piece of poetry about Zea Mays - about Zea Mays' body swaying in the wind, her wisdom, her permanence/immortality, about consuming Zea Mays and being consumed by Zea Mays... a poem about mortality and immortality, dragonflies, nymph, wolf, bear, buffalo and bones...
But there's more...
The Zea Mays poem is about bald eagles, cactus thorns, wings, fins, hands and feet - both of four and two legged creatures...and finally
About death...then life again.
Go Read: Poem - ZEA MAYS by Blake4d
Hie Hie
And as far as the rest of the Day 776 post - YES, THERE'S MORE than just the Zea Mays part...
Blake seems to have been rushed to make a Day 776 entry, but has made a nice little bit of fiction for readers to enjoy. Personally, it's not on my favourite theme - INSECTS - but just because it's written by Blake4d, I decided to read it in its entirety...
AWESOME.....spooky, bizarre - pretty much right up my alley...
Insects and telemetry (see Glossary if you're not sure what telemetry is), a somatic Morpheus (can't you determine already that just a hint of poetics is waiting for you?), see, sleep, Samhain night... "I love all insects...I love all insects...I love..."
Blake4d...
:)
Day 776 in the 800 Day countdown was Friday November 5 2010.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Day 777 (Tidbits)
The post for Day 777 is totally BOOKMARKED in my browser because it contains an excellent list of reading materials that are really important for people to read if they wish to get out of "robotic mind-mode" and "manufactured-consent" mode and simply if they want to start being able to THINK INDIVIDUALLY. I will have need to return to the reading list on The 800 Days blog until I'm further up to par with these titles.
Ultimately, Blake has my full attention here, especially 'cos in the Day 777 post, Blake appears as a "Fortean" in displaying some "uncommon" but important book titles.
Now, don't get the wrong idea about the term, "Fortean," because this term has a derogatory connotation attached to it by "pop-culture" non-thinkers... the pop-culture derogatory meaning is that Forteans are "whack-jobs," "nuts," "nutty," "off their rockers." This has come about because original supporters of Fort appreciated out-of-box thinking and information sources that were uncommon and not from mainstream sources. Naturally, mainstream sources basically turned a "name-calling" trick on Fortean thinkers (related term, "Forteana" to describe materials/sources that are uncommon, sometimes "arcane"), hence, Forteans and sources - Forteana - have become "joke terms" and derogatory in our times. Personally, I think many of the writers I appreciate - and also of course, Blake Hall - should be considered "Forteans" - in all positive senses of the word. Forteans simply choose to delve into information and materials that most people aren't paying attention to - also - delving into materials that have been banned (often with a motivation to figure out WHY the materials were banned).
The term, "Fortean" comes from the name, Charles Hoy Fort. Now the late Mr. Fort is considered to have been quite eccentric, it's true, but if you look more deeply into the bio of Charles Fort, you'll learn that - in part - his shying away from mainstream society had something to do with the fact that he studied "uncommon" topics, rare books, old newspaper and magazine clippings that (grab your seat and HANG ON!) were out of MAINSTREAM CIRCULATION... Also, Mr. Fort wasn't well appreciated in his time and basically lived quite an impoverished lifestyle. Hence "out of the limelight" has no bearning on "validity of source/activity." Mr. Fort basically did nothing but research into topics and reading materials that almost nobody else in his day and age would touch!
An Article: People in Strange Sciences Series: Charles H. Fort by (yours truly) Mythbuster
Anyway - that aside, here are my favourite words in the Day 777 post:
Ultimately, Blake has my full attention here, especially 'cos in the Day 777 post, Blake appears as a "Fortean" in displaying some "uncommon" but important book titles.
Now, don't get the wrong idea about the term, "Fortean," because this term has a derogatory connotation attached to it by "pop-culture" non-thinkers... the pop-culture derogatory meaning is that Forteans are "whack-jobs," "nuts," "nutty," "off their rockers." This has come about because original supporters of Fort appreciated out-of-box thinking and information sources that were uncommon and not from mainstream sources. Naturally, mainstream sources basically turned a "name-calling" trick on Fortean thinkers (related term, "Forteana" to describe materials/sources that are uncommon, sometimes "arcane"), hence, Forteans and sources - Forteana - have become "joke terms" and derogatory in our times. Personally, I think many of the writers I appreciate - and also of course, Blake Hall - should be considered "Forteans" - in all positive senses of the word. Forteans simply choose to delve into information and materials that most people aren't paying attention to - also - delving into materials that have been banned (often with a motivation to figure out WHY the materials were banned).
The term, "Fortean" comes from the name, Charles Hoy Fort. Now the late Mr. Fort is considered to have been quite eccentric, it's true, but if you look more deeply into the bio of Charles Fort, you'll learn that - in part - his shying away from mainstream society had something to do with the fact that he studied "uncommon" topics, rare books, old newspaper and magazine clippings that (grab your seat and HANG ON!) were out of MAINSTREAM CIRCULATION... Also, Mr. Fort wasn't well appreciated in his time and basically lived quite an impoverished lifestyle. Hence "out of the limelight" has no bearning on "validity of source/activity." Mr. Fort basically did nothing but research into topics and reading materials that almost nobody else in his day and age would touch!
An Article: People in Strange Sciences Series: Charles H. Fort by (yours truly) Mythbuster
Anyway - that aside, here are my favourite words in the Day 777 post:
"DO NOT SETTLE FOR A GUEST APPEARANCE IN YOUR OWN LIFE"
I am only psssed that I cannot make these words larger
;)
I also liked the COMMAND: "BE THE PLAGUE" but realize that out of context, this little phrase can be misconstrued, so I will find another article or way to project THAT message out there...
If the words at the beginning of the post, all in caps - don't make you shudder...that is, if you DO NOT identify with at least some of the things being conveyed there - if you do NOT turn the words on to yourself and feel somehow at least slightly imperfect and like you need to make changes.....
I say this to you:
BEEEEEEE ! ESSSSSS!
Bullshyt...
Unless, of course, you're quite perfect, then you've had the experience before - or now - of wondering, "Hmmm did I just get OWNED in that situation?" and "Oh man... did I STEP UP when I should have," or the opposite, "Shoot, did I run away from that situation?" or anything like, "Have I used critical thinking in order to DO THE RIGHT THING?"
Well... heck, we're all human - and AS SUCH... it is necessary to modify our behaviors and thinking, bringing them back to a balance and centre... or else we can be very much like the way things are in the letters with all caps at the beginning of the Day 777 post. Here's a BIGGER HINT... Day 777 beginning of post - all in CAPS - simply: "BE MINDFUL."
I'll say that again' 'cos it's such a quick summary of the caps-text:
BE MINDFUL !!!
Loving the caplock button today...
An important article from The 800 Days blog post:
Looking at a Survival Guide For "The Year 200o Problem" In Retrospect"
I think this article is important to read because - if you're on THIS blog and have been visiting Blake's 800 Days blog, then you're not a little kid... this means that the year 2000 is something you lived through already - INCLUDING the Y2K Scares... so go read the article above and reflect on how "MINDLESS" some of society became, as a whole, in the year 2000.
Let's not GO THERE AGAIN!
A MORE IMPORTANT ARTICLE: (the book list)
Important Books Nobody Reads (on Magick and the Occult)
Trust me, you're not going to explode if you read the works from the list...
I don't care how busy you are or what is on your schedule for 2011 or even what New Years Resolutions you're getting ready to make as the year 2010 winds down... I feel people should make "CRITICAL THINKING" a priority in the coming days! The book list is a great way to start LEARNING about things that are out of mainstream common ideology and out of mainstream media...
Hey - is this too bossy? --- "Get on over to those urls and READ"
The Day 777 post on the 800 Days blog was for Thursday November 4 2010.
An important article from The 800 Days blog post:
Looking at a Survival Guide For "The Year 200o Problem" In Retrospect"
I think this article is important to read because - if you're on THIS blog and have been visiting Blake's 800 Days blog, then you're not a little kid... this means that the year 2000 is something you lived through already - INCLUDING the Y2K Scares... so go read the article above and reflect on how "MINDLESS" some of society became, as a whole, in the year 2000.
Let's not GO THERE AGAIN!
A MORE IMPORTANT ARTICLE: (the book list)
Important Books Nobody Reads (on Magick and the Occult)
Trust me, you're not going to explode if you read the works from the list...
I don't care how busy you are or what is on your schedule for 2011 or even what New Years Resolutions you're getting ready to make as the year 2010 winds down... I feel people should make "CRITICAL THINKING" a priority in the coming days! The book list is a great way to start LEARNING about things that are out of mainstream common ideology and out of mainstream media...
Hey - is this too bossy? --- "Get on over to those urls and READ"
The Day 777 post on the 800 Days blog was for Thursday November 4 2010.
Day 778 (Tidbits)
Hey - Check out the groovy (I'm old, pick your own "cool" adjective - "neat" - "fantastic" - "sweet"?) Vid/Audio on the blog for the Day 778 entry on Blake4d's "The 800 Days" blog!
The audio is perfect for a meditative state - and it won't be a bad idea to meditate SERIOUSLY upon the Day 778 post.
If you haven't been made at least a little bit anxious by any of the posts thus far - and anxious enough to consider making some changes in your life (*hint... change starts at - "awareness" - ridding the self of ignorance and becoming WILLING to become aware), or at least explore the world for different meanings, then the meditative-enhancing audio clip from the Day 778 post, along with the text content OUGHT TO bring you to a space in your head where you can PAY CLOSE ATTENTION !
Frankly, the "all-chemical war" content APPLIES TO YOU...
It applies to virtually everyone on the globe who has ever been excited to see the golden double-arches (kids who like "Mc D" food and treats), or been relieved to see the Yellow Double Arches (parents, adults, too busy to cook, teens - in a rush, on their way to someplace fun)... even if you groan 'cos you KNOW McD(amage)'s items have no nutrition value but know you've eaten it anyway or/and will eat it again the next time you're in a rush to stuff some "food" (and I say that loosely) down and 'cos it's CHEAP...
...heads up! This post is for YOU!
Now I'm not sure I totally agree with the author's full conclusions on the Day 778 post (his conclusions lead to "conspiracy theory") but I definitely do believe the author is exposing some pertinent information about large food, beverage and drug entities. Personally, I am not positive one has to make a list of large corporate entities then use the "C" (Conspiracy) word as an all-round explanation for why the world is sick, why these corporate entities seem to be controlling everything in the world and seem to be the source of sickness. I believe there's an equally powerful and detrimental "C" word that gives an equally nice closure on WHY WE ARE ALL GETTING SICK and why the world is so messed up... the other "C" word - "Capitalism." That is - Capitalism at its worst - with no controls...but then again, getting into a discussion on "capitalism" is for some other blog... I'm just stating my personal "take" on some of this stuff...
Oh what the heck... I'll rant a li'l more...
ie: capitalism is an ECONOMIC system...that has long been mistaken for a governing system. Sure, there are humans IN IT, in the system, but the humans are in a low place in the hierarchy of this system. (if a human leaves the system, it will take a while for capitalism to fall down - but nothing will likely fall down so long as another human is inserted into the system to push the buttons, grease the machine, etc). This economic system allows for growth of large entities and as such, when entities become huge and when massive trade, money-exchange and overwhelming profits - including some monopoly - happens, this just means that this particular economic system is in "success mode." It's not that Capitalism is so bad - it's just that CAPITALISM IS BAD FOR HUMAN BEINGS... it's an economic system - not a system built for managing human beings... capitalism is a system for managing trade, goods and services, money, mergers of business, etc... and Humans are merely the "batteries" or energy in the capitalism machine. Naturally, humans are expendible in the Capitalism machine, (Heck, there are BILLIONS OF US on the earth - a lot of batteries, huh?) so this is a system that quite logically isn't meant to project well-being for humans.
Okay, so I've taken things a bit far and am definitely writing something that is not quite in line with Blake's post on The 800 Days blog for Day 778. I'm pretty sure Blake's going to see this soon and say (in his "inside the head voice"), as he slams a fist upon his palm, "That darn Canuck Mythbuster...only Myth would start a supporter blog then argue against it." lol Well, I'm not arguing entirely against Blake's ideas... just providing more FOOD FOR THOUGHT since most of the Day 788 post is ABOUT OUR FOOD - OUR NECESSITIES OF LIFE THAT WE NEED FOR SURVIVAL...
No matter what you believe about the spirit, afterlife, body/mind connections, etc - whether you're a believer in the body as mortal, immortal and even whether you believe that "dead is final" or not... we're all stuck here RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, with human body shells... and those bodies need food, medicine, clean drinking water, AIR (in a very delicate balance of chemical components)... and frankly...
WE ARE ALLOWING - BY MANUFACTURED CONSENT - OUR FOOD, WATER, MEDICINES AND AIR TO BE RAVAGED BY A HUGE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HUMAN BEINGS....
*Heh! I saw Blake writing all in caps a lot, so I decided to try it... just to have a little "same-ness" after all this difference of opinion...
:)
So as you might be able to tell... Blake and I are on the same wavelength to a certain degree (ie: information is of tantamount importance...people NEED TO KNOW MORE news details than they currently get from mainstream sources) - I'm simply not drawing all the same conclusions as Blake does... HOWEVER - the message I believe we're both trying to get across - no matter what the actual CAUSE of the problems are in this world...
WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES - and those changes are going to seem very strange to us...extremely difficult for some, not so difficult for others - but WE NEED TO BE AWARE, PICK UP ON POSITIVE CALLS TO ACTION - AND DO SOMETHING instead of being victims in this world...
I'm not positive that Blake holds the particular opinion that there's a world-wide "CONSPIRACY" of corporate and gov't entities poisoning, altering and ruining our food, medicine, air and water resources - or if he's just offering this as one explanation for a "MAJOR CAUSE" of why the world and its inhabitants are getting so sick and crazy... but
IT IS WORTH CONSIDERING - VERY SERIOUSLY...
And there you have it for Day 778 from more than one perspective...
I've ranted enough... GO READ: The 800 Days Blog - Day 778
An Amazing "Must Read" Article: ALCHEMICAL WAR
Day 778 on the 800 Days blog: Wednesday November 3 2010.
The audio is perfect for a meditative state - and it won't be a bad idea to meditate SERIOUSLY upon the Day 778 post.
If you haven't been made at least a little bit anxious by any of the posts thus far - and anxious enough to consider making some changes in your life (*hint... change starts at - "awareness" - ridding the self of ignorance and becoming WILLING to become aware), or at least explore the world for different meanings, then the meditative-enhancing audio clip from the Day 778 post, along with the text content OUGHT TO bring you to a space in your head where you can PAY CLOSE ATTENTION !
Frankly, the "all-chemical war" content APPLIES TO YOU...
It applies to virtually everyone on the globe who has ever been excited to see the golden double-arches (kids who like "Mc D" food and treats), or been relieved to see the Yellow Double Arches (parents, adults, too busy to cook, teens - in a rush, on their way to someplace fun)... even if you groan 'cos you KNOW McD(amage)'s items have no nutrition value but know you've eaten it anyway or/and will eat it again the next time you're in a rush to stuff some "food" (and I say that loosely) down and 'cos it's CHEAP...
...heads up! This post is for YOU!
Now I'm not sure I totally agree with the author's full conclusions on the Day 778 post (his conclusions lead to "conspiracy theory") but I definitely do believe the author is exposing some pertinent information about large food, beverage and drug entities. Personally, I am not positive one has to make a list of large corporate entities then use the "C" (Conspiracy) word as an all-round explanation for why the world is sick, why these corporate entities seem to be controlling everything in the world and seem to be the source of sickness. I believe there's an equally powerful and detrimental "C" word that gives an equally nice closure on WHY WE ARE ALL GETTING SICK and why the world is so messed up... the other "C" word - "Capitalism." That is - Capitalism at its worst - with no controls...but then again, getting into a discussion on "capitalism" is for some other blog... I'm just stating my personal "take" on some of this stuff...
Oh what the heck... I'll rant a li'l more...
ie: capitalism is an ECONOMIC system...that has long been mistaken for a governing system. Sure, there are humans IN IT, in the system, but the humans are in a low place in the hierarchy of this system. (if a human leaves the system, it will take a while for capitalism to fall down - but nothing will likely fall down so long as another human is inserted into the system to push the buttons, grease the machine, etc). This economic system allows for growth of large entities and as such, when entities become huge and when massive trade, money-exchange and overwhelming profits - including some monopoly - happens, this just means that this particular economic system is in "success mode." It's not that Capitalism is so bad - it's just that CAPITALISM IS BAD FOR HUMAN BEINGS... it's an economic system - not a system built for managing human beings... capitalism is a system for managing trade, goods and services, money, mergers of business, etc... and Humans are merely the "batteries" or energy in the capitalism machine. Naturally, humans are expendible in the Capitalism machine, (Heck, there are BILLIONS OF US on the earth - a lot of batteries, huh?) so this is a system that quite logically isn't meant to project well-being for humans.
Okay, so I've taken things a bit far and am definitely writing something that is not quite in line with Blake's post on The 800 Days blog for Day 778. I'm pretty sure Blake's going to see this soon and say (in his "inside the head voice"), as he slams a fist upon his palm, "That darn Canuck Mythbuster...only Myth would start a supporter blog then argue against it." lol Well, I'm not arguing entirely against Blake's ideas... just providing more FOOD FOR THOUGHT since most of the Day 788 post is ABOUT OUR FOOD - OUR NECESSITIES OF LIFE THAT WE NEED FOR SURVIVAL...
No matter what you believe about the spirit, afterlife, body/mind connections, etc - whether you're a believer in the body as mortal, immortal and even whether you believe that "dead is final" or not... we're all stuck here RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, with human body shells... and those bodies need food, medicine, clean drinking water, AIR (in a very delicate balance of chemical components)... and frankly...
WE ARE ALLOWING - BY MANUFACTURED CONSENT - OUR FOOD, WATER, MEDICINES AND AIR TO BE RAVAGED BY A HUGE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HUMAN BEINGS....
*Heh! I saw Blake writing all in caps a lot, so I decided to try it... just to have a little "same-ness" after all this difference of opinion...
:)
So as you might be able to tell... Blake and I are on the same wavelength to a certain degree (ie: information is of tantamount importance...people NEED TO KNOW MORE news details than they currently get from mainstream sources) - I'm simply not drawing all the same conclusions as Blake does... HOWEVER - the message I believe we're both trying to get across - no matter what the actual CAUSE of the problems are in this world...
WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES - and those changes are going to seem very strange to us...extremely difficult for some, not so difficult for others - but WE NEED TO BE AWARE, PICK UP ON POSITIVE CALLS TO ACTION - AND DO SOMETHING instead of being victims in this world...
I'm not positive that Blake holds the particular opinion that there's a world-wide "CONSPIRACY" of corporate and gov't entities poisoning, altering and ruining our food, medicine, air and water resources - or if he's just offering this as one explanation for a "MAJOR CAUSE" of why the world and its inhabitants are getting so sick and crazy... but
IT IS WORTH CONSIDERING - VERY SERIOUSLY...
And there you have it for Day 778 from more than one perspective...
I've ranted enough... GO READ: The 800 Days Blog - Day 778
An Amazing "Must Read" Article: ALCHEMICAL WAR
Day 778 on the 800 Days blog: Wednesday November 3 2010.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Day 779 (Tidbits)
Okay, I have to admit... Day 779 on The 800 Days blog has caught me off guard... Plainly speaking, the information on this post for Day 779 actually freaks me right out!
Artificial Intelligence is the main topic here and, well... I've had enough of a problem with human intelligence going awry, according to our history books... the idea of robots and similarly "intelligent" machines is something that makes my blood run cold and sends prickly shivers up and down my spine.
Sure - some say I've watched too many spooky movies, read too many strange and scary tales. I probably have. But even after a good, full night's sleep and in the middle of the daylight hours, the topic and possibility of artificial intelligence frightens me a great deal.
Partly, it's because I have observed "machines" in our day and age... and the overuse of and the human reliance on these same machines. With some machines doing "work" and "tasks" that human beings used to do, we've inadvertently allowed many healthy human activities to fade away.
ie: microwave ovens can now defrost and cook our food - and also tell us the time and be used as alarm clocks. Our way of cooking has forever changed with the invention of and use of microwave ovens... Gone are the healthy activities of many kinds of food preparation - sometimes tasks done with multiple members of the family. Instead of families preparing a meal together - now one only has to go to the freezer in the kitchen, take out a packaged meal, pop it in the microwave - then sit down and eat it after the microwave oven beeps. No real food handling is necessary (will we forget what the food looks like while in its unprepared state?), no food "prep" is necessary (how many more generations or years before we forget how to safely use a knife to cut a carrot? Or how to do the simple task of shucking corn?), and worst of all... "community" decisions/family decision making (what should be on the menu?) and practice with compromising is almost not necessary anymore. And those are the details of just one extremely (almost universal) item found in most modern homes... There are computers, besides... and washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, home security systems (have we forgotten how to be good neighbors? so much that we must lock the whole world OUT?), video games and cell phones and more...
Are we forgetting how to have conversations? It's easier and quicker to text a friend these days than to pick up the landline phone, dial a number and have a conversation.
Whoops, but now I'm really side-tracking away from the content on The 800 days blog.
Mind you - there is more of the same in topics on the Day 779 post... where the content turns attention toward cell phones, the sci-fi novel "I Robot" by Isaac Asimov, South Korean "robotic laws," and tech gadgets or "tech-toys." As well, the concept that robotics will be used to replace humans for the tasks of warfare... Hmmm
I'd better let Blake do the explaining on these items...
Day 779 was on Tuesday November 2, 2010.
Artificial Intelligence is the main topic here and, well... I've had enough of a problem with human intelligence going awry, according to our history books... the idea of robots and similarly "intelligent" machines is something that makes my blood run cold and sends prickly shivers up and down my spine.
Sure - some say I've watched too many spooky movies, read too many strange and scary tales. I probably have. But even after a good, full night's sleep and in the middle of the daylight hours, the topic and possibility of artificial intelligence frightens me a great deal.
Partly, it's because I have observed "machines" in our day and age... and the overuse of and the human reliance on these same machines. With some machines doing "work" and "tasks" that human beings used to do, we've inadvertently allowed many healthy human activities to fade away.
ie: microwave ovens can now defrost and cook our food - and also tell us the time and be used as alarm clocks. Our way of cooking has forever changed with the invention of and use of microwave ovens... Gone are the healthy activities of many kinds of food preparation - sometimes tasks done with multiple members of the family. Instead of families preparing a meal together - now one only has to go to the freezer in the kitchen, take out a packaged meal, pop it in the microwave - then sit down and eat it after the microwave oven beeps. No real food handling is necessary (will we forget what the food looks like while in its unprepared state?), no food "prep" is necessary (how many more generations or years before we forget how to safely use a knife to cut a carrot? Or how to do the simple task of shucking corn?), and worst of all... "community" decisions/family decision making (what should be on the menu?) and practice with compromising is almost not necessary anymore. And those are the details of just one extremely (almost universal) item found in most modern homes... There are computers, besides... and washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, home security systems (have we forgotten how to be good neighbors? so much that we must lock the whole world OUT?), video games and cell phones and more...
Are we forgetting how to have conversations? It's easier and quicker to text a friend these days than to pick up the landline phone, dial a number and have a conversation.
Whoops, but now I'm really side-tracking away from the content on The 800 days blog.
Mind you - there is more of the same in topics on the Day 779 post... where the content turns attention toward cell phones, the sci-fi novel "I Robot" by Isaac Asimov, South Korean "robotic laws," and tech gadgets or "tech-toys." As well, the concept that robotics will be used to replace humans for the tasks of warfare... Hmmm
I'd better let Blake do the explaining on these items...
Day 779 was on Tuesday November 2, 2010.
Day 780 (Tidbits)
The date of November 1, 2010 is Day 780 or seven hundred and eighty days before the Mayan Calendar day count ends. This is a significant day for us because it is ALL SAINTS DAY. Also called "Day of the Dead," and this is primarily a pagan recognized day. This is the 21st day in the 800 Day countdown.
The 800 Days blog post contains a selected piece of music that Blake offers to friends and enemies alike - a song/performance considered a "traditional" song appropriate for sharing on the Day of the Dead.
The video is early in the post so that readers can listen to the song while reading the Day 780 text - and the content starts with some background information on the topics of "All Saints Day" and "Day of the Dead."
Now if you've been following Blake's writings for quite a while outside of the 800 Days blog, you may have come across some tidbits and details before that are in this blog post but - trust me - the post is worth reading IN FULL whether you've seen similar writings from Blake before or not... because if read with critical thinking and open-mindedness, the content here is going to be priceless, promoting a sense of tolerance, understanding of "the other," and general community mindedness that is so lacking in our world today.
Don't let certain terms catch you off guard or turn you aside from this information. Allow prejudices to melt away while you glean some knowledge here. YES there are CULTS mentioned here - along with religious groups... however, if you turn away from the information, aren't you just ensuring a certain level of personal and individual ignorance on a topic or theme that you dislike? Personally, I feel that within the writings so far on the 800 Days blog, an environment is being created which allows for tolerance, and which limits prejudice and ignorance as far as is possible.
In the article, you will find 30 paths of truth/cults of darkness.
The article: 30 Ways of Light, 30 Paths of Truth, 30 Cults of Darkness
Would you rather be intolerant - or INFORMED?
Day 780 in the 800 Days countdown is Monday November 1 2010.
The 800 Days blog post contains a selected piece of music that Blake offers to friends and enemies alike - a song/performance considered a "traditional" song appropriate for sharing on the Day of the Dead.
The video is early in the post so that readers can listen to the song while reading the Day 780 text - and the content starts with some background information on the topics of "All Saints Day" and "Day of the Dead."
Now if you've been following Blake's writings for quite a while outside of the 800 Days blog, you may have come across some tidbits and details before that are in this blog post but - trust me - the post is worth reading IN FULL whether you've seen similar writings from Blake before or not... because if read with critical thinking and open-mindedness, the content here is going to be priceless, promoting a sense of tolerance, understanding of "the other," and general community mindedness that is so lacking in our world today.
Don't let certain terms catch you off guard or turn you aside from this information. Allow prejudices to melt away while you glean some knowledge here. YES there are CULTS mentioned here - along with religious groups... however, if you turn away from the information, aren't you just ensuring a certain level of personal and individual ignorance on a topic or theme that you dislike? Personally, I feel that within the writings so far on the 800 Days blog, an environment is being created which allows for tolerance, and which limits prejudice and ignorance as far as is possible.
In the article, you will find 30 paths of truth/cults of darkness.
The article: 30 Ways of Light, 30 Paths of Truth, 30 Cults of Darkness
Would you rather be intolerant - or INFORMED?
Day 780 in the 800 Days countdown is Monday November 1 2010.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Day 781 (Tidbits)
Wow... part of the post on the you-know-which blog leads right back to HERE! The "Follower" blog I've created here has been recognized in a big way on The 800 Days blog as the beginning of the Day 781 content.
A BIG THANK YOU TO Blake! *thumbsup*
However, the main content of the Day 781 post isn't about THIS blog or about my stuff - it's about the OBVIOUS special day and DATE for the Day 781 post...
HALLOWE'EN! October 31 2010 is Day 781 in the countdown!
There are some brief introductory bits about Hallowe'en as "Samhain" (pronounced, "sow-un" - some say "sow-en" or "sow-een" but generally the phonetic "sow-un" is quite universally accepted around the globe and particularly by Celtics and scholars of Celtic peoples) and as being a day/eve of celebration as marking the Pagan New Year or Halloween Eve.
Call it what ye will... for most people in the western world, it means "CANDY NIGHT" or "Trick-or-Treat" time. Rather, all the costumes, dressing up, candy-giving and candy taking is the western world's capitalist, opportunist exploitation of a very sacred Pagan date and celebration... I'll back up to the Trick Or Treat stuff sometime soon in another post 'cos Hallowe'en has many legends just too FUN to overlook...but for now, in keeping with the way the topics are lined up on the 800 Days blog, I'll stick to the review and commenting for the Day 781 post.
You won't be able to miss the "account" of a "happening" on a past Halloween night that should make readers think about what is important in life... you won't miss this account 'cos it's in big, BOLD lettering, right after the awesome mention of this blog... This "event" happened during the Witching Hour on Samhain... but the year is not given. No matter - read and be grateful... for life spared - for strange things unexplained by science... for some things ARE explained by other means and in the end... are just TRUE and Possible... you'll get what I mean once you've finished reading the BOLD TEXT.
Another article found at this location: 20 Paths To Freedom And Possibly Being a Better Human Being
Don't fret about the link too much - the content is made plain and clear right on the blog. The author at The 800 Days blog is offering some ideas on how to be a better person... pretty simple stuff here (simple concepts but not particularly EASY to put into practice if you're not truly inclined and dedicated toward doing so).
Read carefully... there's a serious CHALLENGE here in the Day 781 post. A personal favourite of mine on this list is number nine (#9)... "STOP IDENTIFYING YOURSELF WITH A NATION OR COUNTRY." This one, I am up for concerning the challenge posed.
I'll explain... I'm against Nationalism. I understand why this point is in the challenge and message. I have written an article prior to my work on this blog that explains my views on Nationalism: Dangers of Nationalism.
Naturally, the rest of the points on the list - 19 more and a total of 20 - are things I have to work on...
Which points will you work on? To bring about a better human being in the world - YOU? Basically, Day 781 contains an awesome checklist to consider for becoming a better person. Isn't it time?
The Day 781 post was on Hallowe'en Day/Eve, Sunday October 31, 2010.
A BIG THANK YOU TO Blake! *thumbsup*
However, the main content of the Day 781 post isn't about THIS blog or about my stuff - it's about the OBVIOUS special day and DATE for the Day 781 post...
HALLOWE'EN! October 31 2010 is Day 781 in the countdown!
There are some brief introductory bits about Hallowe'en as "Samhain" (pronounced, "sow-un" - some say "sow-en" or "sow-een" but generally the phonetic "sow-un" is quite universally accepted around the globe and particularly by Celtics and scholars of Celtic peoples) and as being a day/eve of celebration as marking the Pagan New Year or Halloween Eve.
Call it what ye will... for most people in the western world, it means "CANDY NIGHT" or "Trick-or-Treat" time. Rather, all the costumes, dressing up, candy-giving and candy taking is the western world's capitalist, opportunist exploitation of a very sacred Pagan date and celebration... I'll back up to the Trick Or Treat stuff sometime soon in another post 'cos Hallowe'en has many legends just too FUN to overlook...but for now, in keeping with the way the topics are lined up on the 800 Days blog, I'll stick to the review and commenting for the Day 781 post.
You won't be able to miss the "account" of a "happening" on a past Halloween night that should make readers think about what is important in life... you won't miss this account 'cos it's in big, BOLD lettering, right after the awesome mention of this blog... This "event" happened during the Witching Hour on Samhain... but the year is not given. No matter - read and be grateful... for life spared - for strange things unexplained by science... for some things ARE explained by other means and in the end... are just TRUE and Possible... you'll get what I mean once you've finished reading the BOLD TEXT.
Another article found at this location: 20 Paths To Freedom And Possibly Being a Better Human Being
Don't fret about the link too much - the content is made plain and clear right on the blog. The author at The 800 Days blog is offering some ideas on how to be a better person... pretty simple stuff here (simple concepts but not particularly EASY to put into practice if you're not truly inclined and dedicated toward doing so).
Read carefully... there's a serious CHALLENGE here in the Day 781 post. A personal favourite of mine on this list is number nine (#9)... "STOP IDENTIFYING YOURSELF WITH A NATION OR COUNTRY." This one, I am up for concerning the challenge posed.
I'll explain... I'm against Nationalism. I understand why this point is in the challenge and message. I have written an article prior to my work on this blog that explains my views on Nationalism: Dangers of Nationalism.
Naturally, the rest of the points on the list - 19 more and a total of 20 - are things I have to work on...
Which points will you work on? To bring about a better human being in the world - YOU? Basically, Day 781 contains an awesome checklist to consider for becoming a better person. Isn't it time?
The Day 781 post was on Hallowe'en Day/Eve, Sunday October 31, 2010.
Day 782 (Tidbits)
Obviously, since male and female are counterparts to each other and the last post on The 800 Days blog was about Female Goddesses, it naturally follows that there should be a complimentary post to immediately follow that is about Male Gods. The Day 782 post lists male deities that are important in many religions and philosophical belief systems but will mainly be noted as "Wiccan" and "Pagan" gods.
This isn't an extensive list by any means but Blake has managed to provide most of the "correspondences" personas from the list on the Day 783 post. That is, most of the "male" gods who correspond or match the female goddesses from the previous list are mentioned here.
A personal favourite of mine is in the list on Day 782 - Coyote! (Native American)
I love Coyote but have run into many an argument when I mention "Coyote/Trickster Tales" to people who identify as devout Christians. A few Coyote tales I know about have this trickster present during the creation of the world... he actually tricks God (some people view the persona in the story as "God" or "the one-god" of "the one-god people" but many Natives consider the one persona as "Creator" who has human-like characteristics...you can see how this might offend some people, right?). Sometimes people fail to see the symbolism and life examples and explanations in trickster tales and, instead, see them as offensive against certain religions or against particular religious personas - but I love trickster tales - and am happy to see this "deity" in Blake's list of gods in the Day 782 post.
Day 782 before the end of the Mayan Calendar was Saturday October 30 2010.
This isn't an extensive list by any means but Blake has managed to provide most of the "correspondences" personas from the list on the Day 783 post. That is, most of the "male" gods who correspond or match the female goddesses from the previous list are mentioned here.
A personal favourite of mine is in the list on Day 782 - Coyote! (Native American)
I love Coyote but have run into many an argument when I mention "Coyote/Trickster Tales" to people who identify as devout Christians. A few Coyote tales I know about have this trickster present during the creation of the world... he actually tricks God (some people view the persona in the story as "God" or "the one-god" of "the one-god people" but many Natives consider the one persona as "Creator" who has human-like characteristics...you can see how this might offend some people, right?). Sometimes people fail to see the symbolism and life examples and explanations in trickster tales and, instead, see them as offensive against certain religions or against particular religious personas - but I love trickster tales - and am happy to see this "deity" in Blake's list of gods in the Day 782 post.
Day 782 before the end of the Mayan Calendar was Saturday October 30 2010.
Day 783 (Tidbits)
Okay, well it seems that on The 800 Days blog , Blake is determined to set the records straight on a lot of Wiccan/Witchcraft myths or something because the Day 783 post is on the topic (again, or still) of Wicca/Paganism...
Actually, it's more specifically about Wiccan/Pagan Goddesses.
My opinion of all this focus on paganism is that IT IS GOOD for people to read about this kind of "stuff." A hint here: with further reading, people are going to find out how much "Christian" religious stuff is actually very HEAVILY laden with pagan "stuff."
Religions are belief systems... all of them hold similar purposes if you get down to the nitty-gritty of them. A main purpose is to give EXPLANATIONS for things in the world, about people, etc... Wiccan and various Pagan religions DO OFFER explanations about the world, living, about people, the environment... So, too, to Christian religions. So, too, do other belief systems that people don't describe as "religions," such as Athiesm... Atheism is still built upon beliefs... We will never get beyond belief systems because beliefs hold the psychological frames in our minds so that we can view all the data/things, scenarios, etc., in the world that we observe - and not go freakin' CRAZY wondering what every sound, word, sight, feeling, touch, etc., all is for... we have to develop shortcuts and explanation for why things, in general, are the way they are...
Keep reading the 800 Days blog... the focus of the content being on many Pagan topics so far isn't as narrow-minded and narrow-focused as it seems. I believe this because I have looked into Pagan topics and studied narratives, legends, fairy tales, etc., for a long time and have delved into Pre-Christian tales, philosophy, history, etc - and when put together with principles and stories within Modern Pagan beliefs, the pagan beliefs allow one to EXPAND understanding of the world, not turn to some dark side or focus narrowly down to omit all other belief systems... Pagan symbols, principles, messages, etc., are interspersed into almost all the allegedly "Christian" works and sources... I think partly this is what Blake is trying to get across by offering so many articles about Witchcraft, Vampires, Witches, Pagan Goddesses, etc.
Now, look carefully at the list offered on Wiccan/Pagan Goddesses... you'll notice names that are common and known by people all over the world. You'll also probably notice that you can recognize "cultural" or "regional" names ie: Freya (Norse), Mary (the alleged mother of Jesus), Aphrodite (Greek), Parvati (Hindu), Nut (Egyptian), Rhiannon (Celtic), White Buffalot Calf Woman (From the Lakota peoples), Pele (Hawiian)... now after this list of mostly benevolent personas, I think the whole idea is to realize that deities OTHER than from a "one-god" religion have been in belief systems all over the world, in all ages... Also, in case you missed it, the alleged mother of the Christian cults - MARY - is listed in the midst of these goddesses.
Just some food for thought...
The day which was 783 Days before the date the Mayan Calendar ends was Friday, October 29 2010.
Actually, it's more specifically about Wiccan/Pagan Goddesses.
My opinion of all this focus on paganism is that IT IS GOOD for people to read about this kind of "stuff." A hint here: with further reading, people are going to find out how much "Christian" religious stuff is actually very HEAVILY laden with pagan "stuff."
Religions are belief systems... all of them hold similar purposes if you get down to the nitty-gritty of them. A main purpose is to give EXPLANATIONS for things in the world, about people, etc... Wiccan and various Pagan religions DO OFFER explanations about the world, living, about people, the environment... So, too, to Christian religions. So, too, do other belief systems that people don't describe as "religions," such as Athiesm... Atheism is still built upon beliefs... We will never get beyond belief systems because beliefs hold the psychological frames in our minds so that we can view all the data/things, scenarios, etc., in the world that we observe - and not go freakin' CRAZY wondering what every sound, word, sight, feeling, touch, etc., all is for... we have to develop shortcuts and explanation for why things, in general, are the way they are...
Keep reading the 800 Days blog... the focus of the content being on many Pagan topics so far isn't as narrow-minded and narrow-focused as it seems. I believe this because I have looked into Pagan topics and studied narratives, legends, fairy tales, etc., for a long time and have delved into Pre-Christian tales, philosophy, history, etc - and when put together with principles and stories within Modern Pagan beliefs, the pagan beliefs allow one to EXPAND understanding of the world, not turn to some dark side or focus narrowly down to omit all other belief systems... Pagan symbols, principles, messages, etc., are interspersed into almost all the allegedly "Christian" works and sources... I think partly this is what Blake is trying to get across by offering so many articles about Witchcraft, Vampires, Witches, Pagan Goddesses, etc.
Now, look carefully at the list offered on Wiccan/Pagan Goddesses... you'll notice names that are common and known by people all over the world. You'll also probably notice that you can recognize "cultural" or "regional" names ie: Freya (Norse), Mary (the alleged mother of Jesus), Aphrodite (Greek), Parvati (Hindu), Nut (Egyptian), Rhiannon (Celtic), White Buffalot Calf Woman (From the Lakota peoples), Pele (Hawiian)... now after this list of mostly benevolent personas, I think the whole idea is to realize that deities OTHER than from a "one-god" religion have been in belief systems all over the world, in all ages... Also, in case you missed it, the alleged mother of the Christian cults - MARY - is listed in the midst of these goddesses.
Just some food for thought...
The day which was 783 Days before the date the Mayan Calendar ends was Friday, October 29 2010.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Day 784 (Tidbits)
If the previous articles that were related to or about "Wicca" or "Witchcraft" were of interest to you, then you'll probably also enjoy the blog post on Day 784 on the countdown blog, The 800 Days.
This particular post goes into further detail about the history of Witchcraft as related to the military (U.S.) and otherwise - and the post also has details under the following headings:
This Day 784 page might be one you want to bookmark for referring back to at a future date. None of the text is complicated or hard to understand - there are just a lot of explanations, in brief, about Witchcraft here - with probably just enough details that you'll need to read through this information two or three times over the next while - in order to commit some of these tidbits to memory.
Day 784 of the 800 day countdown: Thursday, October 28 2010.
This particular post goes into further detail about the history of Witchcraft as related to the military (U.S.) and otherwise - and the post also has details under the following headings:
- Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups
- A Handbook for Chaplains
- Historical Roots
- Current World Leadership
- Origins in the U.S.
- Number of Adherents in the U.S.
- Organizational Structure
- Leadership Role of Priestess and/or Priest
- Who May Conduct Worship Services?
- Is Group Worship Required?
- Worship Requirements
- Minimum Worship Requirements
- Facilities For Worship
- Dietary Laws or Restrictions
- Special Religious Holidays
- Funeral and Burial Requirements
- Autopsy
- Cremation
- Medical Treatment
- Uniform Appearance Requirements
- Position on Service in the Armed Forces
- ... there are more
- Basic Teachings or Beliefs
- Creed Statements and/or Authoritative Literature
- Ethical Practices
- ...there are more
This Day 784 page might be one you want to bookmark for referring back to at a future date. None of the text is complicated or hard to understand - there are just a lot of explanations, in brief, about Witchcraft here - with probably just enough details that you'll need to read through this information two or three times over the next while - in order to commit some of these tidbits to memory.
Day 784 of the 800 day countdown: Thursday, October 28 2010.
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