minimoke

My vote is YES! "head" and "the chat" is where I'm at. I pull the plugs on the matrix every chance I get.

God, that's how I feel 98% of the time I'm awake. (who knows what goes on when we sleep). I think that's the reason I came to this board. To at least get that percentage down to about 50%. I want to have a philosophy, but I get to enfluenced by others. I'm a flower child also, or was, and I really don't recall using the term "head" in that way, if at all. One must remember that the internet did not exist to the extent it does now, so I think even in the states customs back then were very localized. No chat boards, t.v. was highly censored, no howard stern, no talk shows of meaning to "learn" from.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. Richard M. Nixon

Every noble work is at first impossible. -- Thomas Carlyle 1795 - 1881

Hi. This is johnny bravo's cousin. See the resemblance? It's mostly the jawline. In another 100,000 years I won't be able to breed with anyone. Bruce

This may be off the thread but highly interesting. What do you mean by seperate strains of human? Mankind is doing alot more "interbreeding" these days and not less due to the fact of the world coming closer together due to airline and vacation travel. I have never thought about 2 races of "Human" developing to the point of not being able to cross breed. That will probably bring about new socio-political problems, not to mention how "organized" religion would treat 2 classes of humans. hmmm....

I've been deciding what school of yoga to concentrate in and I came across this article. http://www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=4472763 I've heard and read great things about Dahn and then I find this claim of it being a cult and contributing to an advanced students death. What's the deal with this? Can anyone shed personal light on this?

thank you for beating me to the punch. You are so very tuned into economics. The bubbles are all there and more not even mentioned. The end is near for the simple fact that so many people think, "safe guards are in place". THERE are no safeguards. Recently I am administering my "dead dad's" estate. This whole country's employment structure is ludicrious. I tried to retain workers on a part-time basis, but they would rather file for unemployment and sit at home than continue to work. So I tried to "hire" un-employed and under-employed friends I know, only to find almost without exception that they want to be paid "under-the-table" in cash. The world is running out of natural resources. Oil, iron ore, precious metals, yada yada yada. The only surplus in the world is guess what? PEOPLE. The equation is only tilting one way. Bruce

Wright is one of my inspirations. I almost became an architect. Almost. It was one of those paths that I decidedly didn't take. I live 15 minutes away from Oak Park, Illinois, the mecca of Wrightism. My daughter was born in Oak Park. So many coincidences in life. How does one reconcile coincidences? Is there a purpose or meaning behind daily coincidences? So many questions, so little time. Bruce

Wow, way to much information, but hey, that goes with the territory called "life". Organic is one of those words that seems to have way to many definitions, but Princeton says, relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; "hydrocarbons are organic compounds" Talc is (Mg3H2(SiO3)4) I see an "H" for hydrogen but no "C" for carbon. Hmmmm. I don't know what the heck talc is. I vote we all stay away from the stuff. Bruce

I knew nothing at all about talc until today as a result of this discussion, however, I think all "talc" is organic in the sense that it is mined out of the earth's crust. Talc can contain crystalline silica which is a known human carcinogen. See the website: http://www.ima-eu.org/en/talchse.html

Thanks for the link. They have a center in Chicago. My daughter can maybe use it to help her choose a college and a major. Bruce

Then I won't introduce you to my Zen master. He gets upset when he hears people working long hours and neglecting "life". He also has problems with multi-tasking, he feels it distracts from "the moment" and in essense you accomplish less when you try to do more. I remember punch cards also. Had to do those while in college. Bruce

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. - Richard M. Nixon

Ex Federal Reserve Bank Examiner and Ex Chicago Board of Trade Pit Trader. Those are the two things I'm most proud of. Right now due to family responsibilities, am a house dad by day and a night auditor by nights. Also massive time demand administering my dead dad's estate. For some odd reason I hate the term "deceased father". It's kinda impersonal I think. I prefer descriptions based in reality. Selling, auctioning and otherwise disposing of 2 companies, 2 factory buildings, 1 empty lot in Chicago (battling the City about rezoning) 1 house, and multiple years of back tax returns due and unresolved tax issues with IRS. But otherwise I agree with Lozen that I thank God I'm an American. Live long and Prosper, Bruce

Goals! What an interesting idea. A follower of Zen may say goals are a form of clinging, and really have nothing to do with "the moment". I'm not sure what the Taoist view of goals is or should be. Bruce

Greetings fellow humans, Maybe I've lived a sheltered life, but I have never ever seen a discussion group such as this. I try to explore and absorb as much knowledge as I can, especially in regards to alternate religious beliefs, but almost with out exception, every post here teaches me something I don't know. I am a follower of Zen, however at times I feel many things are not considered relavent. Dao seems to be all encompassing. I hope to contribute to the discussion here, but it may well turn out to be more of a " can you explain this or that " post. Live well and prosper, minimoke

Greetings, I almost forgot to mention. Lately I've been having extremely short naps in the middle of the night. Luckily I work alone and have alot of downtime from about 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. My biggest time demand is when a pc or server crashes but nowadays that rare. I've been "napping" with the lights fully on sitting upright balanced in an armed chair so that I don't fall on the floor. I get into the habit of noting the time when I awake and lately my naps are more numerous but only 10-20 minutes at a crack. I seem to still be refreshed in the morning, kinda similar to when I used to meditate. I however have lately given up daily meditating. But the cause and effect seem to be similar. Enough on this, I bet everyone is getting bored. Bruce

I don't know if it's a common practice, however among the people I know that work nites noone does what I do. They seem to sleep long periods of time in the morning after just getting off work, which that seems strange to me. Normal people that work days and get off at 5 p.m. don't rush home to go to sleep. I kinda learned it out of neccessity. I also am a house dad, so napping was the best course for me. Various time demands by my daughter precluded a long sleep. Sleepless in Illinois Bruce

I have not studied Polyphasism, but I suspect your body needs more time to adjust itself to a totally new schedule. I have worked nights for approximately 10 years and at this point in time I think I am, or can be, Polyphasic. I regularly "nap" 3 to 4 times a day, anywhere from 1 hr or less to 2-3 hours each time. I regularly use a cellphone alarm clock, but honestly, I usually wake up before the alarm goes off. My first year working nites I would many times actually have to ask when I woke up if it was a.m. or p.m. and what day of the week it was. I suspect to truly adjust your sleep pattern takes 6 months to a year. As I type this it is 2:10 in the morning and I'm at work, and I have to reminded myself that, "HEY, all the world is sleeping, or at least 4 time zones on either side of me, and I'm wide awake. What the hell is wrong with me.