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#51 2012-03-18 19:00:12

bruce sean
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

beans wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

beans wrote:


Observation is an approach of sorts. So other descriptive terms could also apply such as "way", "handle".

The target of observation is "what is". So when one is paying attention, observing, one may see the thought of the self, the self-image.

Ha, ha, ha. Very funny.


  Observation with a target is not observation, because if I project a target I will indeed see it, but were I observing from the very beginning, there would be no target to see!!!

  Beans, you're missing the big picture here: THERE IS NO APPROACH. The end.

We could debate til the cows come home about whether observation is an approach, and use all caps, and then maybe some #$% symbols, but let's not.

:-)

It's more important to see that "what is" is not a projected target, it is "what is".

I'm showing you the facts, 'till the cows come home, if necessary.

  Surely, inwardly, there is no what is, uhm?

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#52 2012-03-18 19:08:00

kirsten
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/RichardBrautigan.jpg
i'm quite a character bytheway, uhm ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan


edit - added the uhm

Last edited by kirsten (2012-03-18 19:09:55)

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#53 2012-03-18 19:15:43

bruce sean
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

And the imagery continues...

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#54 2012-03-18 19:18:48

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/wp-cont … utigan.jpg
i'm quite a character bytheway, uhm ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan


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There's someone I know who looks exactly like that, the same hat, glasses, moustache and all...;-)

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#55 2012-03-18 19:20:20

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

Bruce, you obviously are holding an image of what a person who is "serious" looks like. If someone tells you they are dedicated to observation and learning about themselves, who are you to say that, no, they're not?

Come on, you're too young to become rigid and closed off. Look around and question what you see.

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#56 2012-03-18 19:21:21

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

pearl wrote:

kirsten wrote:

http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/wp-cont … utigan.jpg
i'm quite a character bytheway, uhm ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan


edit - added the uhm

There's someone I know who looks exactly like that, the same hat, glasses, moustache and all...;-)

he may be a fan of the richard brautigan ?

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#57 2012-03-18 19:21:32

beans
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/wp-cont … utigan.jpg
i'm quite a character bytheway, uhm ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan


edit - added the uhm

Genres in which he wrote..
Fabulation  (!?!)
Black comedy
Parody
Postmodernism

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#58 2012-03-18 19:25:07

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

beans wrote:

Bruce, you obviously are holding an image of what a person who is "serious" looks like. If someone tells you they are dedicated to observation and learning about themselves, who are you to say that, no, they're not?

Come on, you're too young to become rigid and closed off. Look around and question what you see.

I don't care about the looks: it's the imagery which denotes a lack of seriousness. I'm telling you what I see, but you reject it: just look for yourself.

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#59 2012-03-18 19:28:11

beans
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

bruce sean wrote:

beans wrote:

Bruce, you obviously are holding an image of what a person who is "serious" looks like. If someone tells you they are dedicated to observation and learning about themselves, who are you to say that, no, they're not?

Come on, you're too young to become rigid and closed off. Look around and question what you see.

I don't care about the looks: it's the imagery which denotes a lack of seriousness. I'm telling you what I see, but you reject it: just look for yourself.

Bruce, a person does not have to live like a Spartan to be "serious". They are allowed to have joy, fun, and yes, cheerfulness.

Sometimes we need to observe our reactions to posts...

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#60 2012-03-18 19:30:04

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

pearl wrote:

kirsten wrote:

http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/wp-cont … utigan.jpg
i'm quite a character bytheway, uhm ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan


edit - added the uhm

There's someone I know who looks exactly like that, the same hat, glasses, moustache and all...;-)

he may be a fan of the richard brautigan ?

Don't know who is richard brautigan.

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#61 2012-03-18 19:32:57

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

the man with the hat, glasses, moustache and all

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#62 2012-03-18 19:33:42

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

Who's on first?  :-)

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#63 2012-03-18 19:35:43

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

http://www.gibdogpetsuppliesblog.com/boxer-dog.jpg
ohw...
yes bruce, you are allowed to smile

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#64 2012-03-18 19:40:47

bruce sean
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

beans wrote:

bruce sean wrote:

beans wrote:

Bruce, you obviously are holding an image of what a person who is "serious" looks like. If someone tells you they are dedicated to observation and learning about themselves, who are you to say that, no, they're not?

Come on, you're too young to become rigid and closed off. Look around and question what you see.

I don't care about the looks: it's the imagery which denotes a lack of seriousness. I'm telling you what I see, but you reject it: just look for yourself.

Bruce, a person does not have to live like a Spartan to be "serious". They are allowed to have joy, fun, and yes, cheerfulness.

Sometimes we need to observe our reactions to posts...

I understand that: I've only described what's happening in someone's brain when they post an image of the poster, in the middle of a discussion: it becomes also a distraction.

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#65 2012-03-18 19:41:53

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

http://www.gibdogpetsuppliesblog.com/boxer-dog.jpg
ohw...
yes bruce, you are allowed to smile

I'm smiling at the picture, but I also see how it was created in the brain.

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#66 2012-03-18 19:41:59

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

what can be distracted when nothing is in control ?

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#67 2012-03-18 19:44:49

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/d/dog_pug-12626.jpg
yes yes you can do it

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#68 2012-03-18 19:48:28

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

Hey, this is fun! I am never serious, seriously!

http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth?o … earth.evif

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#69 2012-03-18 19:48:58

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

what can be distracted when nothing is in control ?

People might interrupt a discussion, and provoke a chain reaction.

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#70 2012-03-18 19:50:30

bruce sean
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/d/dog_pug-12626.jpg
yes yes you can do it

Now you are bringing your own agenda to the discussion: to express bruce trying to smile. Which is a distraction, though.

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#71 2012-03-18 19:51:31

bruce sean
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

wilbro99 wrote:

Hey, this is fun! I am never serious, seriously!

Fun is also a projection.

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#72 2012-03-18 19:53:05

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2010/10/18/7_4.jpg

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#73 2012-03-18 19:57:04

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

i remember you told us about how you laughed at a movie which was meant to be serious

well.. thankyou bruce !

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#74 2012-03-18 20:02:50

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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

what can be distracted when nothing is in control ?

True.  It's only an inattentive mind that is distracted, or rather an inattentive mind is in itself a distraction.  To an attentive mind there are no distractions.

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#75 2012-03-18 20:04:44

pearl
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Re: Who turned off the lights? or Where am I?

kirsten wrote:

the man with the hat, glasses, moustache and all

Oh, I see.  And what does he do or who is he, just another intellectual geek? :-)

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