tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post3111880710592786887..comments2024-01-03T17:02:06.646+00:00Comments on ASTROTABLETALK: Thinking about ThinkingBarry Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-42044158286312423332013-08-26T22:42:06.905+01:002013-08-26T22:42:06.905+01:00Hi Deep Goat - Pluto in Capricorn! Just had a look...Hi Deep Goat - Pluto in Capricorn! Just had a look at Druid's Bower. There's not many people who'd actually create a secret place in nature like you've done, it gives a strong impression of you. Thanks for the link!Barry Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-18385073607544142062013-08-26T21:32:21.740+01:002013-08-26T21:32:21.740+01:00I guess I am already thinking of you as Barry, aft...I guess I am already thinking of you as Barry, after being aware of you as Dharmaruci for aeons:)Anyway, I can appreciate what you are saying about 'real' thinking..also about the 'herd mentality' of 'green causes/eco/protestor.etc etc..i have 'done my time' in conspiracy theories and now i see it as a sort of 'swamp or jungle' that one can get very lost in! in fact recently i had an insight where I had reached some mythical white mountains and was looking out over the mazes i had been through...i think 'thinking' people can end up creating such a mass of loops and thought trains that they eventually form a rather confusing 'obstacle' like a spaghetti junction or a 'mandala of madness' that can take some time to move through.Then, maybe a bit of time can be spent sitting on the mountains and redying the self for whatever is next..but maybe more of a 'growing' rather than a intellectual quest! Anyway...lucky you for having 6 days...i have 2 kids and a partner and crave space to think..maybe why i have created a secret nature place and write blogs about it..druidsbower.blogspot.com if u are interested in taking a look..thanks for another great postTheDeepGoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508779340341756560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-20218255434569455392013-08-26T19:17:33.595+01:002013-08-26T19:17:33.595+01:00Yes, Thomas, I agree, I think it's middle ages...Yes, Thomas, I agree, I think it's middle ages too, I think our assumptions about reality are just as strong now as they were then, except now its scientific/ technological/consumerist instead of Christian.<br /><br />And Sun, that's a really interesting point about it being harder to entertain different feelings than different thoughts. We're kind of stuck with what we feel, and we often don't even know what we're feeling, and out of that arises thought!<br /><br />Barry Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-58781842108231746622013-08-26T19:09:53.450+01:002013-08-26T19:09:53.450+01:00Excellent article and good timing. One of the key ...Excellent article and good timing. One of the key insights of our own writing is that the mind is a feeling construct first, and a thinking construct a distant second. That makes it much easier to entertain different thoughts than different feelings. Little wonder then, that when things are discussed, most of the talk is at cross purposes.Sunhttp://sungod.likesyou.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-68088260089681465592013-08-26T09:35:02.322+01:002013-08-26T09:35:02.322+01:00Very well said.Very well said.Gillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-17149676518546564912013-08-26T08:57:44.246+01:002013-08-26T08:57:44.246+01:00Barry you stroke a fundamental chord! Thinking is ...Barry you stroke a fundamental chord! Thinking is an enormously "conditioned" and often biased procedure! That's why one of the most precious contributions of the ancient Greeks to humanity was the "free, unconditioned thinking" they "invented"! <br /><br />I don't think there is pretty much "free thinking" in our modern world and in our so called "democracies"...On the contrary, I think we are going now through some sort of "middle ages" ultra conditioned, marketed and biased thinking.... Thomas Gazishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410975937617190280noreply@blogger.com