Comments on: Hofstadter and this last week http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/ spiritual awakening and enlightenment in today's world Mon, 14 May 2012 03:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-5360 Jon Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:45:20 +0000 http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/#comment-5360 Hey, thanks, Julie. Ordinarily, I just let it slide when the comments are on the incidentals rather than the "meat," but this was significant to me. It's not like a strong, existential awareness... it's more intellectual, but when I stop to consider where I am in the world, I can see that the world in me, more so, than I'm in the world. As for the problem of "what to do," well, I definitely understand that. If all is one, there's no other to tell you what to do. You are free. (Unexpected consequence, eh? Perhaps that's why so many people really fear freedom.) Hey, thanks, Julie. Ordinarily, I just let it slide when the comments are on the incidentals rather than the “meat,” but this was significant to me.

It’s not like a strong, existential awareness… it’s more intellectual, but when I stop to consider where I am in the world, I can see that the world in me, more so, than I’m in the world.

As for the problem of “what to do,” well, I definitely understand that. If all is one, there’s no other to tell you what to do. You are free. (Unexpected consequence, eh? Perhaps that’s why so many people really fear freedom.)

]]> By: a. julie http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-5358 a. julie Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:10:20 +0000 http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/#comment-5358 I genuinely like that you’re saying, hey what about what I wanted to talk about here?

there’s no-thing left to know

That’s about all I know anymore.

For myself, I’ve no experience with discovering that the world/universe/cosmoverse is inside. I’ve only found that it’s one. I wish that conclusion would have any implications of what to do, because what naturally follows is “here I am, now what?” but it hasn’t.

]]> By: Jon http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-5351 Jon Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:23:51 +0000 http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/#comment-5351 Kay, I'd think you'll like it. Greenfrog, it's a long story, but you might find some short descriptions of it on the "about" pages of this site. All, what about the main point of the post... anybody have any experience with or thoughts on discovering that the world is inside? Kay, I’d think you’ll like it.

Greenfrog, it’s a long story, but you might find some short descriptions of it on the “about” pages of this site.

All, what about the main point of the post… anybody have any experience with or thoughts on discovering that the world is inside?

]]> By: kay http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-5349 kay Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:11:45 +0000 http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/#comment-5349 My friend Fred brought "I Am a Strange Loop" to my attention a few months back. I added it to my wish list on amazon so that I could take a look at it again later. Since then the book has come up in conversation on a half dozen blogs that I read (all of which are very different from each other). I'm starting to feel like the universe is sending me a message. ;-) My friend Fred brought “I Am a Strange Loop” to my attention a few months back. I added it to my wish list on amazon so that I could take a look at it again later. Since then the book has come up in conversation on a half dozen blogs that I read (all of which are very different from each other). I’m starting to feel like the universe is sending me a message. ;-)

]]> By: greenfrog http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-5346 greenfrog Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:16:11 +0000 http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/#comment-5346 Sounds like I need to read Goedel Escher Bach. I've an Escher print hanging in my office -- a fish beneath the surface of a pond, sprinkled with fallen leaves, interrupting the reflection of the barren trees. I'd be interested to hear about your travels from the early days you describe to these, sometime. Sounds like I need to read Goedel Escher Bach. I’ve an Escher print hanging in my office — a fish beneath the surface of a pond, sprinkled with fallen leaves, interrupting the reflection of the barren trees.

I’d be interested to hear about your travels from the early days you describe to these, sometime.

]]> By: Jon http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-5345 Jon Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:03:05 +0000 http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/#comment-5345 Can't wait to read your post. Can’t wait to read your post.

]]> By: anonymous-julie http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-5344 anonymous-julie Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:29:49 +0000 http://frimmin.com/2007/06/03/hofstadter-and-this-last-week/#comment-5344 It's not at all odd that I've started a blog entry about <i>The Man Who Loved Only Numbers</i>, a biography of mathematician of Paul Erdos. Ever read it? It’s not at all odd that I’ve started a blog entry about The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, a biography of mathematician of Paul Erdos. Ever read it?

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