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Christian Mysticism HOWTO, Part 3
The Journey No living human can show you the gate. I can only tell you there is one. But we can paint the border in bold colors. You can try to fake it. You can emulate all the subtle behavior … Continue reading
Christian Mysticism HOWTO, Part 2
Preparation There is nothing about mysticism which seeks information, nor a change of status. There is nothing static about it. You are entering a fluid and dynamic existence from which you can never depart again. You are entering upon a … Continue reading
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Interstellar Anthropologist, Part 9: Catching Wind
It was on the fourth day and the smell of sea was much stronger. The map Fortis saw the first afternoon, an electronic display sheet George produced when they had set up camp, showed how there were a great many … Continue reading
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Christian Mysticism HOWTO, Part 1
Is the Hound of Heaven nipping at your heels? (Typically this would appear on my other blog, but I’m testing the response rate difference.) Introduction Insofar as one can offer a HOWTO on Mysticism, this assumes a Christian orientation. The … Continue reading
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No Time to Rest
Ignorance is not a crime. That is, those who are ignorant are not culpable for their ignorance. But one of the greatest crimes among humans is hiding information, and worse still is constructing an environment which discourages thinking. The first … Continue reading
Sporting the Truth
Why do men love “fantasy leagues” so much? Because it allows them to assert their own human logic over something too variable to explain. We have come to the point we can reduce a player’s entire performance to statistics, as … Continue reading
Elements of Human Nature
[Note: This post has been updated by a later post on a related topic.] The most fundamental characteristic of what defines us as humans is our choices. That is, it’s not what we are, or what we do, but what … Continue reading
Fog in the Mind
Today we got away and drove the Talimena Highway, or more accurately, the Winding Stair Mountain Trail. It follows a ridge top path between Talihina, OK and Mena, AR, in the Kiamichi Mountains. We were just a little late to … Continue reading
XFCE: Less Is More
GTK is a very nice GUI toolkit. GNOME is rickety and parts, if not the whole thing, tend to crash way too much. You may have gotten a stable implementation on your Linux system, as CentOS does, but that’s only … Continue reading
Fear Fatigue
Sometimes I wonder if there isn’t some conspiracy to create false fears. We had the scare about gun confiscations once Obama was elected. Now that might happen, but it won’t be right away. People are still sucking up huge quantities … Continue reading