Theos-Talk Archives (July 2002 Message tt00202)

July 24, 2002

G’morning P D :


Now that’s a neat and appropriate quote from Theaetetus -- I’ve
always loved Socrates (Plato). Read and reread. I recall that
someone wrote that all western philosophy over the past 2,000
years, was but “footnotes to Plato.” And where did Plato
imbibe his wisdom from ? Pythagoras ? Others of the “ancient
tradition ?” Most of us have the Jowett translations, but have
you compared them with those of Thomas Taylor ? (Done in the
1870s -- he was a devotee of Plato -- spent his whole life and
impoverished himself to bring out his translations from the Greek
originals.)

Try this from Einstein: “ As far as the laws of mathematics
refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are
certain, they are NOT reality.” (Quoted by author: K C Cole
in THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL, Chapter 13 )



“There are three kinds of people:

1. Those who watch things happen.

2. Those who make things happen, and

3. Those who wonder what happened.” --Anon.



“Those who do not read have no advantage over those who
--Anon.


“The greatest science (attitude) is to let people be what they
want to be -- without interfering in their decisions (except to
quietly warn, if one has greater experience). Give them the same
freedom to learn from error (if necessary) that you expect others
to give you. But, always be helpful.” --Anon.

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Well enough, how do you like those ?

Best wishes,

Dal

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-----Original Message-----
From: Phan Dia
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:32 PM
To:
Subject: Use of the Swastika Symbol

Hello all,
Firstly, I'd like to high five Gopi. "Please do not meditate on
Hitler so much." Isn't that true? It's amazing how, once you
really begin to monitor your thoughts, you can reapply all of the
energy you were expending in vain, or unintentionally
strengthening negative vibrations, into something more
positive... but that is really another tangent for another day=D
The more I think about it, the more I want to go find some
patches for my backpack or something, like an ankh, the clockwise
swastica, etc... It WOULD be a great way to initiate casual
conversation, and choosing to avoid the symbol is only helping to
feed the negative vibes.
This also ties together beautifully with Jo's email about
language. Concepts are so much better explained through symbols,
and what better way to attack a highly abstract topic than with
the aid of a symbol? You know, I also just thought of this now. I
have a wallpaper set on my computer that is a picture of a fork
bent into a scorpion, with "Scorpio" in big letters across the
bottom ( www.fork-you.com <http://www.fork-you.com> , a cute
psychokinesis site if anyone is curious). Every time people come
to my house and I fire up my computer, I ALWAYS get SOME kind of
question or remark.
I also had to laugh tonight, I was reading Plato at work, and
came across a quote that made me think of you guys... this is out
of Theaetetus:


"Socrates: Then you have a look round, and see that none of the
uninitiated are listening to us--I mean the people who think that
nothing exists but what they can grasp with both hands; people
who refuse to admit that actions and processes and the invisible
world in general have any placve in reality."
:Theaetetus: They must be tough, hard fellows, Socrates.
Socrates: They are, my son--very crude people..."


After which Plato makes Socrates go into an awesome dialogue
about the complimentarity of opposites, motion in the universe,
the equivalent of the Great Breath... hehe... but I couldn't help
but snicker, and thought I'd share with you guys=D
Also, everyone, thanks again for all of the book
recommendations... I would normally write more in an email, but
I've been up for at least sixteen hours and worked all day, so
I'm kinda sleepy^.^ I do get so much out of reading everyone's
emails, though, thanks everybody... Night!
Love, light, and happy astral travels,
p d

CUT


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