Some favorite books we have read

lavender orchid wrote:

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and cool?

Such beautiful music.

my pleasure..

indeed

I work with a full blooded Navaho who moved away from his people because he said the leaders/elders(male) are all crooked, on Peyote and/or are drunks. His words, not mine. I was deeply saddened to hear that.

dearlg1 wrote:

I work with a full blooded Navaho who moved away from his people because he said the leaders/elders(male) are all crooked, on Peyote and/or are drunks. His words, not mine. I was deeply saddened to hear that.

i can share your deep sadness.
knowing what caused the destruction of this beautiful people and their ancient culture.
full blooded ....
the traditions of indigenous people are of such, however, that the spiritual component is eternal and may be invoked by anyone caring enough about the LaW (Love and Wisdom).

whatever little i can do to help restore this great tradition, i will do it.

dearlg1 wrote:

I work with a full blooded Navaho who moved away from his people because he said the leaders/elders(male) are all crooked, on Peyote and/or are drunks. His words, not mine. I was deeply saddened to hear that.

A lot of people say bad things about a lot of people. Also, why are you speaking words here that are not your own? If they are not your own, who gave you the rights to say them> Let the Navaho one be here if he wishes to, but otherwise, why speak here on behalf of another who is not present to present his own take of it all?

Tuesday wrote:

dearlg1 wrote:

I work with a full blooded Navaho who moved away from his people because he said the leaders/elders(male) are all crooked, on Peyote and/or are drunks. His words, not mine. I was deeply saddened to hear that.

A lot of people say bad things about a lot of people. Also, why are you speaking words here that are not your own? If they are not your own, who gave you the rights to say them> Let the Navaho one be here if he wishes to, but otherwise, why speak here on behalf of another who is not present to present his own take of it all?

Well, this is an open forum, so I am open to say what is on my mind. Since the subject of the Navaho people was brought into the conversation I had the desire to put that which was told to me into the discussion even though it is not a pleasant one. You may not like what I have to say, but I will not censor myself.

As a matter of fact just because you are trying your best to censor me I am going to start-up the three treasures again even though I promised myself I would not.

Tuesday, things in this world do get corrupted sometimes, even the most beloved amongst us.

lavender orchid wrote:

dearlg1 wrote:

I work with a full blooded Navaho who moved away from his people because he said the leaders/elders(male) are all crooked, on Peyote and/or are drunks. His words, not mine. I was deeply saddened to hear that.

i can share your deep sadness.
knowing what caused the destruction of this beautiful people and their ancient culture.
full blooded ....
the traditions of indigenous people are of such, however, that the spiritual component is eternal and may be invoked by anyone caring enough about the LaW (Love and Wisdom).

whatever little i can do to help restore this great tradition, i will do it.

This great tradition, I trust, is not about full blooded heritage on the level of genetics, but about the laWs of love and wisdom quite mutually shared? That seems a mutually beneficial scenario

dearlg1 wrote:

Tuesday wrote:

dearlg1 wrote:

I work with a full blooded Navaho who moved away from his people because he said the leaders/elders(male) are all crooked, on Peyote and/or are drunks. His words, not mine. I was deeply saddened to hear that.

A lot of people say bad things about a lot of people. Also, why are you speaking words here that are not your own? If they are not your own, who gave you the rights to say them> Let the Navaho one be here if he wishes to, but otherwise, why speak here on behalf of another who is not present to present his own take of it all?

Well, this is an open forum, so I am open to say what is on my mind. Since the subject of the Navaho people was brought into the conversation I had the desire to put that which was told to me into the discussion even though it is not a pleasant one. You may not like what I have to say, but I will not censor myself.

As a matter of fact just because you are trying your best to censor me I am going to start-up the three treasures again even though I promised myself I would not.

Tuesday, things in this world do get corrupted sometimes, even the most beloved amongst us.

I am not trying to censor anyone here, but just saying if you are going to say some things about someone you work with here, it would seem right that you would inform that person that you are doing so, and so they would have the opportunity to see and react (or not)

I have already asked; long ago. His reply was straight forward by saying that it is pretty much common knowledge and what is, is. He is proud of his heritage, but not what his people have been turned into.

dearlg1 wrote:

I have already asked; long ago. His reply was straight forward by saying that it is pretty much common knowledge and what is, is. He is proud of his heritage, but not what his people have been turned into.

Don't you see that if you were saying these things yourself, I could speak with you on the ideas, but since you are speaking in someone else's stead, I cannot?

Tuesday wrote:

dearlg1 wrote:

I have already asked; long ago. His reply was straight forward by saying that it is pretty much common knowledge and what is, is. He is proud of his heritage, but not what his people have been turned into.

Don't you see that if you were saying these things yourself, I could speak with you on the ideas, but since you are speaking in someone else's stead, I cannot?

I respect your decision and understand what you mean.

lavender orchid wrote:

dearlg1 wrote:

I work with a full blooded Navaho who moved away from his people because he said the leaders/elders(male) are all crooked, on Peyote and/or are drunks. His words, not mine. I was deeply saddened to hear that.

i can share your deep sadness.
knowing what caused the destruction of this beautiful people and their ancient culture.
full blooded ....
the traditions of indigenous people are of such, however, that the spiritual component is eternal and may be invoked by anyone caring enough about the LaW (Love and Wisdom).

whatever little i can do to help restore this great tradition, i will do it.

Lavender Orchid, what is it that I can do?

put my words back in quotation marks.
i am but humbled by your presence.
and happy IN it.

http://www.fondation-lascaux.com/en/stiftungszweck/index.php

this may be good to have in our library.

lavender orchid wrote:

put my words back in quotation marks.
i am but humbled by your presence.
and happy IN it.

http://www.fondation-lascaux.com/en/stiftungszweck/index.php

this may be good to have in our library.

I am likewise humbled to be in yours, and I agree about your link.

lavender orchid wrote:

put my words back in quotation marks.
i am but humbled by your presence.
and happy IN it.

http://www.fondation-lascaux.com/en/stiftungszweck/index.php

this may be good to have in our library.

"my words"

dearlg1 wrote:

"Here's looking at you kid"

on differences
masters
teachers
students

and saturation, imho.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5658879053168344235#

Harper Lee, To Kill a Mocking Bird

Just got done with Dan Brown's Angels & Demons---Mediocre at best. Next is The Count of Monte Cristo

should go well with other exhibits on this forum ...

http://www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf/

v.s. naipaul
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/vnaipaul.htm

liz greene on astrology
http://songsdomain.tripod.com/zodiac/index.html

i have not read this book in the conventional sense of reading books.
yet, i have read this book.

giorgio agamben: homo sacer

http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=29325316

italian philosopher giorgio agamben defends the sancticity of life against its reduction to biological functionalism and science-supported engineering (policies).

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