tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post3227073733046740236..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Out on the Broad Lake a Breeze Will Find Us That's Wafted Around the Planet to Cool Our DivinityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-81471245769899263082014-11-23T07:25:07.167-05:002014-11-23T07:25:07.167-05:00my earlier comment mentioned the world famous writ...<i>my earlier comment mentioned the world famous writer michelle mairesse, spouse of dr. dr. norman livergood<br /><br />here is one of her poems</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Labyrinth</b><br /><br />You are here<br />At the midpoint of an infinite series<br />Or the middle of the muddle.<br />You may see a mirror:<br />Reflected there is the outer membrane<br />Of self, the self's reflection by the world.<br />Reject this useless information.<br />The exit is here:<br />You may find the egress<br />(not a mythical beast)<br />At the center. There you can glimpse<br />A new dimension.<br />Egypt's animal-headed gods<br />Are nothing like Aesop's foibles.<br />Those seeming dogs and snakes and birds <br />Embody words of power:<br />Loyalty, wisdom, vision.<br />Words, silent and sounded,<br />Reverberate against the walls.<br />Yet none will guarantee your<br />Getting out alive.<br />On walls of old Egyptian tombs<br />Fishers and fowlers spread their nets:<br />Birds mark the upward flight of spirit.<br />Fish swim in their element<br />Not knowing what it is.<br />On labyrinth walls<br />The sole symbols and signs<br />You will find<br />Are carvings, initials:<br />Kilroy was here, and so was I. mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-61929502958392350672014-11-22T10:21:53.728-05:002014-11-22T10:21:53.728-05:00Thanks for the David Godine link. Thanks for the David Godine link. zencomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425613931488064403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-32287663340567463372014-11-21T13:35:21.897-05:002014-11-21T13:35:21.897-05:00james is a dork, but i love the song he does with ...james is a dork, but i love the song he does with laura and maggieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-2762089823443035922014-11-21T11:01:37.002-05:002014-11-21T11:01:37.002-05:00Fire walk with me.Fire walk with me.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-10874449105370847892014-11-21T10:52:08.748-05:002014-11-21T10:52:08.748-05:001)davidly's musings about humans and their ani...<i>1)davidly's musings about humans and their animal companions, and who tamed who, and the fluctuating 'humanity' of the former reminded me of a saying - </i>you've got to be an above-average human to be better than an average dog<i><br /><br />2)the theory-heavy anarchist reading list reminded me of </i> “There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening.” – Marshall McLuhan <i>- to which i would add - the willingness to contemplate has as a prerequisite the awareness of the possibility of contemplation<br /><br />3)the poem 'days of heaven' reminded me of a talking heads song, about how heaven is a place where nothing ever happens</i><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNdMc6wGtU<br /><br /><br /><i>4)the line from the poem chosen as today's title reminds me of the<b> buffalo blizzard of '77</b>, when very cool breezes blowing over the relatively warmer lake erie produced several feet of lake-effect snow - it would be interesting to be there to compare the contemporary weather event to that memorable occasion 37 years ago, but it's also nice to be a mocomofo watching it on tv - at the moment montgomery county is, compared to erie county, </i>'a little bit of heaven'<br /><br /><i>5)and speaking of heaven, <b>norman d. livergood</b> says there never was so pernicious a spiritual untruth as the assertion that jesus's sacrificial death has handed heaven on a silver platter to all those who merely believe in him<br /><br />6)among livergood's published books are </i><br /><br /><b>The Perennial Tradition: The Secret Legacy--The Single Stream of Initiatory Teaching Flowing Through All the Great Schools of Mysticism </b>(2003) <br /><br />and<br /><br /><b>How to Become a Modern Guru</b> (2012)<br /><br /><i>with respect to the former book, Anthony Gagliosso wrote, two months ago,</i> "Eye opening, insightful and refreshing. If you are considering this book, it is not by mistake. You have looked this far, and you will not regret the investment in yourself through this purchase."<i><br /><br /><br />the latter work has no reader reviews yet, but the publisher's descriptive material says <br /><br /></i>People no smarter than you are becoming Gurus. You can too.<br /><br />"But they can sit cross-legged and meditate, or breathe through one nostril, or pronounce archaic Chinese," you say. So what! The fad of the stereotyped Guru is passé. Gurus now come in many different shapes, I.Q.'s, and speech defects. Whatever your previous training or feeling of physical or mental inadequacy, you are as much a candidate for Guruhood as the next fellow or gal. In fact, more so.<br /><br />Dr. Dr. Livergood lives at his Teaching Centrum the Hermetage, with his wife, the world famous writer, Michelle Mairesse, and their goat, Hildegard. He is author of the world-famous monograph, "Kansas as the Birth-Place of World-Famous Gurus," and a world-famous recipe for home-made ice-cream made with goat's milk. Read this Masterpiece only if you're ready for Instant Enlightenment (after a great deal of Effort). <br /><br /><br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com