Friday, March 17, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Creative Use of Imagination
ENTER INTO THE STATE
AND NOT SIMPLY THINK OF THE STATE
Blake makes the statement: “If the spectator could enter into the images in his Imagination, approach them on the fiery chariot of his contemplative thought; if he could make a friend and companion of any one of these images in his Imagination…” Well, he emphasized “enter into the image,” not to contemplate it as something on the outside. I contemplate now New York City. I am seeing it from San Francisco. If my desire this night is to be in New York City, I say I can’t afford the time, or maybe I can’t afford it because of lack of funds, or maybe my commitments will tie me here − I don’t know, yet my desire is to be in New York City. I must, if I would realize it in spite of the limitations that now surround me (money, lack of time, obligations − call it what you will, I still want to be in New York City) I must enter into the image that is now something on the surface of the mind “out there,” 3,000 miles away. Standing here, I must shut out the belief that I am in San Francisco.
Knowing New York City quite well, I would assume I am standing in a most familiar part of New York City and let it surround me. I must be in it, and then think of San Francisco. I must now see it 3,000 miles to the west of me, as I now see New York City 3,000 miles to the east of me. If I go into that state and dwell in it and make it natural, though I remain in it only for a little while, a minute or so, then I open my eyes − I am shocked to find that I am still here. I came back here. I have done it. I have entered into the state of my desire and I will move across a bridge of incidents, a series of events, that will lead me and compel me to take a journey to New York City.
Now, this I have used only as a spatial example. You can take it in a financial sense, take it in the social world, take it in any way whatsoever. That is what came to me a few days before I closed. For if I could find something more simple to tell them than I think I have told them, this would be it: to enter into the state and not simply think of the state. Thinking from it differs from thinking of it. I must learn to think from it. A man who this night came into a million dollars, from that moment that man is made aware that he has a million, when prior to that he had nothing. He is thinking from the consciousness of having a million dollars. He is not thinking of it; he is walking in the consciousness of having a million dollars. He’s not hoping for it, wishing for it; he is actually in it.
IMAGINATION
Lecture #412 – Neville 07/14/1969
AND NOT SIMPLY THINK OF THE STATE
Blake makes the statement: “If the spectator could enter into the images in his Imagination, approach them on the fiery chariot of his contemplative thought; if he could make a friend and companion of any one of these images in his Imagination…” Well, he emphasized “enter into the image,” not to contemplate it as something on the outside. I contemplate now New York City. I am seeing it from San Francisco. If my desire this night is to be in New York City, I say I can’t afford the time, or maybe I can’t afford it because of lack of funds, or maybe my commitments will tie me here − I don’t know, yet my desire is to be in New York City. I must, if I would realize it in spite of the limitations that now surround me (money, lack of time, obligations − call it what you will, I still want to be in New York City) I must enter into the image that is now something on the surface of the mind “out there,” 3,000 miles away. Standing here, I must shut out the belief that I am in San Francisco.
Knowing New York City quite well, I would assume I am standing in a most familiar part of New York City and let it surround me. I must be in it, and then think of San Francisco. I must now see it 3,000 miles to the west of me, as I now see New York City 3,000 miles to the east of me. If I go into that state and dwell in it and make it natural, though I remain in it only for a little while, a minute or so, then I open my eyes − I am shocked to find that I am still here. I came back here. I have done it. I have entered into the state of my desire and I will move across a bridge of incidents, a series of events, that will lead me and compel me to take a journey to New York City.
Now, this I have used only as a spatial example. You can take it in a financial sense, take it in the social world, take it in any way whatsoever. That is what came to me a few days before I closed. For if I could find something more simple to tell them than I think I have told them, this would be it: to enter into the state and not simply think of the state. Thinking from it differs from thinking of it. I must learn to think from it. A man who this night came into a million dollars, from that moment that man is made aware that he has a million, when prior to that he had nothing. He is thinking from the consciousness of having a million dollars. He is not thinking of it; he is walking in the consciousness of having a million dollars. He’s not hoping for it, wishing for it; he is actually in it.
IMAGINATION
Lecture #412 – Neville 07/14/1969
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
gVisit.com (where are you from?)
It's fascinating to know that your blog is visited from so distant places.
Here's yesterday's map of visitors.
Thanks gVisit.
Here's yesterday's map of visitors.
Thanks gVisit.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Socialogue
Socialogue is an online free cataloguing service for your music collection, movies collection and books library. I would use it for CDs and DVDs, since I find LibraryThing to be a better library manager.
mail2rss -- disposable email accounts
Mail2Rss is a combination of email address and rss feed.
Avoid spam, read received messages through a feed reader (like netvibes.com), don't worry about virus and attachments -they don't get to you. No reply, just read. No set up. No need to delete messages, they are automatically off past seven days of arrival.
Why using this instead of a conventional email address?
Avoid spam, read received messages through a feed reader (like netvibes.com), don't worry about virus and attachments -they don't get to you. No reply, just read. No set up. No need to delete messages, they are automatically off past seven days of arrival.
Why using this instead of a conventional email address?
- You prefer reading email newsletters as a feed, so forward them to Mail2Rss.
- You subscribe to news sites and don't want to use your regular email account.
- You want being contacted by readers but not disclosing yet your main email address.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Gracias, Mangas Verdes
Manuel M. Almeida, periodista y autor de Mangas Verdes, escribe una amable reseña de mi articulo Bits contra Atomos: la batalla por la creacion. ¡Muchas gracias!
Lux
Lux
P2P: the new cultural global paradigm
Peer to Peer and Human Evolution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peer to Peer and Human Evolution is an essay by Michel Bauwens that expands the P2P meme beyond computer technology. It argues that egalitarian networking is a new form of relationship that is emerging throughout society, and profoundly transforming the way in which society and human civilization is organised. The essay argues that this new form of non-representational democracy is a crucial ingredient in finding the solutions to current global challenges; as well as a new and progressive ethos representing the highest aspirations of the new generations.
See also
External links
- Peer to Peer and Human Evolution - Pdf version - the original essay, a dialogue with the integral community
- Peer to Peer and Human Evolution - revised html version (the most recent revision - a much expanded general version)
- Manifesto at P2P Foundation wiki
- Peer to Peer and Human Evolution - introduction at Kheper
- The P2P civilisation reviews and synopsis, at Arthuriana - Discussion Groups for Arthur Magazine and Bastet
From the Integral Wiki article "Peer to Peer and Human Evolution"
Source: Wikipedia
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