THE WOLF

In order to gain a better understanding of the 'GREAT PROBLEM' as presented on this blog and some others, I have decided to discuss THE WOLF. Nearly all of us are familiar with the IMAGE of THE WOLF, and most especially of images that movies and TV,etc. have created and shown to audiences around the world. Folklore and literature are full of references to 'wolves' and the usual descriptions of wolves are both accurate and inaccurate,depending on what you actually know about wolves and also, dogs. However, most of us are aware of the WEREWOLF if only from novels and movies and I must say that I learned about such at around age 12 or 13 from reading and radio programs and so forth. The image of the Werewolf or rather the idea of such is related to shape-shifters and the like. I don't have time to go into this as deeply as I would like. Wolves have certain characteristics,run in packs, have a fierceness, and some are LONE WOLVES, as those of Spanish/Mexican descent will know as, EL LOBO. These lone wolves are 'mavericks' or very old, cunning, and so forth. They want to survive! Again, more has to be said on this. In regards to the GREAT PROBLEM, your task is to keep the wolf intact, and not let it be destroyed or neglected,etc. and to CONTROL it. The Wolf repesents certain energies that are within you but you have to discover this. They are also 'wolfish' tendencies and traits, not just urges, desires, and unused forces,etc. You must not let the wolf devour you, eat you up, or scare you, but you have to discover this. It does little to read about this or have someone tell you all about this! If you can see what this is all about, then you can go onto the rabbit, the cabbage, the boat, the river, the shores and YOU!

THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG

This problem, THE CHICKEN & THE EGG seldom leaves a 'good taste' in the mouths of Creationists(those who believe that some Superior Entity or Being created everything and especially the Chicken and the Egg) and Evolutionists, who believe that NATURAL SELECTION led to eggs and chickens. Is there a solution to this question that irks so many? WHICH CAME FIRST; THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? Please give your thoughts on all this and perhaps you will discover something about nature, eggs, chickens, man, and yourself. Think of it as 'the sound of one hand clapping'(maybe).

THE WOLF,THE RABBIT,&THE CABBAGE

First, one should familiarize oneself with this 'problem' which is to convey these three things INTACT and SAFELY across a river, stream,etc. in a boat or raft or craft that will only accommodate YOU and ONLY ONE of the three at a time in this crossing. In looking at this, you will,if you are honest, discover a few things about yourself. BUT if I should present this problem in actuality and require to you to solve it PHYSICALLY what would you discover? What would it prove about you and the problem and so forth? I can tell you that most people would not be able to accomplish this task for innumerable reasons and some of them you can imagine or surmise, but there are much deeper reasons. Most try to solve it MENTALLY, THEORETICALLY, LOGICALLY, RATIONALLY with 'no-sweat'/no strain, no EFFORT! Having solved this problem mentally does not mean you UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM and how it applies to you! I shall discuss this after everyone who reads this has time to ponder it and I invite all comments on it. Gracis Muchisimo!

THE EGG & THE ROCK PROBLEM CONTINUED

For those having difficulty in grasping the 'essence' of this 'predicament' which some might feel in the actual human condition, REMEMBER a description(of anything or any event or occurrence) is NOT an explanation. We often take a mere description of things and attempt to turn it into an explanation,even a complex theory,rather than simply sensing the event or situation. The tendency to 'intellectualize' is a common one for many people who confront such descriptions, like the 'egg' and the 'rock' and this is evident in attempts to add more to the situation than is needed or is there. These 'problems' or 'descriptions' tell more about the people who react to them in various ways or comment on them,from those who theorize and conjecture to those who reject those notions. The workings of the mind or the mental functions and faculties come into focus and argumentative persons always try to 'get-one-up' on the affair and bring up extraneous itmes to confuse, irritate, and befuddle. RIGID MENTAL STANCES & POSTURES are adopted by many in this frame of mind. TThe problem or description of the 'egg' & 'rock' evokes interesting reactions from people.

THE EGG AND THE ROCK

!When the egg falls on the rock-ALAS! When the rock falls on the egg-ALAS! This illustrates the LAW OF ACCIDENT but many confuse the issue by thinking that someone, something, some Being, has to do such-drop the egg or the rock, hence, signaling an intention whether human or Divine. But who can fathom the intentions of the UNIVERSE or of GREAT NATURE? We make feeble attempts and then there are no end of prophets, seers, wisemen, sages, mystics, saints, etc. that either with words or example attempt to rouse us from our stupor. For such we should be more grateful but few of us are! THINGS HAPPEN! So, we must get away from being under the law of accident. Eggs in a nest on a tree may be blown out by strong winds and dashed to the ground and smashed,never reaching their bird-potential! Eggs in a nest on a cliff may be smashed by rocks tumbling down into their nook or cranny or whatever. Such things happen to mankind and we can cite many examples. Some call this FATE of DESTINY.

THE STARS NEVER RIVAL THE BRILLIANCE OF THE SUN

OBJECTIVE ART GIVES US WHAT NATURE NEVER CAN

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Teh pursuit of Happiness,often equated with pleasure entirely, is for GREAT NATURE an absurd irrelevance unless it pertains to survival value.

EARTHQUAKES

The recent earthquake in JAVA prompts me to discuss this briefly. The earth is a vibrating, pulsating ORB which man does not fully appreciate probably. It is, as some claim, a sort of ARC, that is a space-ship on which we are traveling in space or the universe, although we do not realize this. It is also a place of EXILE for mankind. But to get back to earthquakes, many of us ignore the fact that not only can hundreds of people perish in them, but thousands can. The lessons of past earthquakes from Pompei,Thera, San Francisco, and other areas, as in China, have shown us that in an instant things can come tumbling down, crashing down, around us. GREAT NATURE requires certain energies to be released and earthquakes are one way this happens. We seldom mourn for the victims of these 'disasters'

TREES IN THE FOREST

The Theory of Intelligent Design considers that LIFE itself has a specific design and for most holders of this theory, It is a DIVINE BEING that has designed LIFE and,in effect, set the WORLD in motion. There are innumerable difficulties in holding this belief in the way most religous persons do and most feel it most necessary to hold this notion in order to survive death. An analogy might show something about this. If MANKIND is compared to a FOREST,which is composed of living trees(let's hope you can see the trees for the forest and vice versa),then certain laws operate in this natural environment. The forest as we conceive it, is subject to storms, fires, and so forth but one thing confronts the forest: MAN. The Wood Chopper and the Wood Cutter come and chop or hew down the trees and turn them into 'products' or for firewood,etc. Some trees end up as toilet paper in the more 'civilized' countries of the West. Are any of the trees or logs cut down ever resurrected? Do they have immortal souls? Of course, they are transformed into other things or simply rot and become absorbed into the earth possibly. The figure of the GRIM REAPER, a symbol of death, can be compared to the Woodcutter . You can supply your own images of this and find many writings on a similar vein if you look. You can by examining history find examples of peoples all over the earth who have been 'cut down' ,slaughtered, decimated,etc. like the trees in this 'hypothetical' forest. Pondering on this calls to mind what one tyrant is claimed to have said:"THE DEATH OF ONE MAN IS A TRAGEDY; THE DEATHS OF MILLIONS IS A STATISTIC."

RECONSTRUCTION

Those who are just starting out in life need experience and knowledge but eventually all who reach very mature ages, over sixty or so, must, if their life is to have any real value,any real meaning, reconstruct their life(or lives as the case may be). FAILURE TO RECONNECT, RECONSTRUCT, will lead to the ULTIMATE DISSOLUTION. Clinging to long-cherished notions and doctrines of 'soul immortality' will not save one from this process that GREAT NATURE has established, for only a handul, possibly, believe that animal and vegetable life(lives) possess souls. Does an ant or a spider, a rose or a dandelion,possess a soul? Then why should Mankind or Humanity be so special? We have been led to believe this in preparation for 'slaughter' THAT something in us will survive death and this 'soul' is usually equated with whatever present personality the person has. Can you imagine a Heaven(the place where most people think they are going after death,if not to Hell) peopled with all the same personalities you now know, including your own? Unless some kind of transformation actually comes about during or after the process of death, there will be no sort of resurrection or immortality as popularly conceived and considered.

THOUGHT and MANKIND

THOUGHT,usually in the form of ASSOCIATIONS, verbal and otehrwise, has freed itself from SENSATION and what has been called 'instincts'. HENCE, language, spoken or written,has assumed a primacy over all human behaviour. The origins of Language(s),however traceable to animal, primate or reptilian trends or tendencies as such are uniquely HUMAN. The various means and ways that animals,especially birds, apes, and insects, communicate are undeniable, of course, and merit constant study and appreciation and in this sense, ALL NATURE SINGS! All Nature resonates, vibrates, and interacts but we have lost,it would seem, all sense of this, all the old 'purity' of primal experience or have we?