The Night Sea Journey http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/forums/9 The thin border between spirit, and myth, and dream ]]> en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:02:52 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/forums/9 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Koans ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/985/t/Koans.html Being me, I begin this collection of koans, not with those of classic Zen, but with a variant from the field of artificial intelligence.


A disciple of another sect once came to Drescher as he was eating his morning meal. "I would like to give you this personality test," said the outsider, "because I want you to be happy."

Drescher took the paper that was offered... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tenebris) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/985 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:02:50 GMT <![CDATA[ Would you want to know the future ... ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/984/t/Would-you-want-to-know-the-future-.html
Not that your actions would be forced in any way. In this scenario, everything would flow as naturally as ever, and you would retain as much control over your own actions as ever you had. Just -- it would make no difference. Whichever action you choose or decline to take would be the one which brings about the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tenebris) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/984 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:08:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Enlightenment is to stop dreaming. ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/989/t/Enlightenment-is-to-stop-dreaming-.html feeds@yuku.com (Rhui Chatar) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/989 Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:46:45 GMT <![CDATA[ the labrynth. ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/992/t/the-labrynth-.html
do i really believe in this?
is this really real?
what is real?
and most importantly.. why?

i've been brought up as a Roman Catholic... but recently, there have been so many strange occurances in my life, that i'm starting to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (IV eternity) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/992 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 20:45:41 GMT <![CDATA[ HOPE ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/996/t/HOPE.html APRIL 20, 2002

Unto the Church of God and all who are called to be saints of Christ: All Hail: Is it well with thee?: I am well in the hope that is Jesus Christ. May the Almighty God and His Son Christ Jesus heal and comfort the sick and shut-in: and may we all be blessed with the glory of their presence.

Beloved children of the Most High: I Cornelius, your friend and brethren in the stress and anxiety that befalls our labor for the gospel of Christ, cannot endure this... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cornelius0) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/996 Sun, 21 Apr 2002 06:57:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Where is a Belief? ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/991/t/Where-is-a-Belief-.html
Where is it?

If you can't find it anywhere, then it's not real. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Haveobi) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/991 Thu, 04 Apr 2002 11:55:56 GMT <![CDATA[ The canon of the sports fan? ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/999/t/The-canon-of-the-sports-fan-.html #16 really caught my eye ... and then I took a slightly closer look at the entire list ...
Quote:
Rules for being a true fan
- Bill Simmons, "Page 2", February... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/999 Sun, 03 Mar 2002 03:28:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Economics (?!) ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/983/t/Economics-.html
In a serious oversimplification of supply-demand relationships, classical economics argues that that a system left to itself (that is, with the counter-forces of supply and demand left to function freely, without any external limitations in the transaction itself) would ultimately achieve a balance expressed by the price; while Keynesian economics incorporates the idea of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/983 Fri, 01 Mar 2002 22:06:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Religious social structures ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/998/t/Religious-social-structures.html
Why do these structures seem to come about so very easily in the first place? What is their pattern of evolution? What functions do they serve (ideal and actual) -- and are those... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/998 Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:06:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Exclusivity of belief ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1001/t/Exclusivity-of-belief.html Renounce and turn away from evil

To my perception, only absolute cults and specific sects of evangelical, monotheistic religions seem to require this degree of exclusivity within their belief structures. It suggests an insularity born of defensiveness -- but truly following the strict teachings requires nothing less.

To what extent does a societally sanctioned religious... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1001 Sun, 10 Feb 2002 13:19:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Looking for a quote... ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/986/t/Looking-for-a-quote-.html belief portion of the above. Not just that he died for us, but we must believe that he did so.

I'm sorry, I'm much too lazy to search for it myself, and nothing comes to mind. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Disco Lando vs Godzilla) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/986 Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:42:36 GMT <![CDATA[ Am I losing my faith? ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1003/t/Am-I-losing-my-faith-.html
I find myself also discovering... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Disco Lando vs Godzilla) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1003 Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:05:06 GMT <![CDATA[ The Second Coming ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1002/t/The-Second-Coming.html If Gandhi were in charge into an independent topic:
Quote:
And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1002 Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:08:09 GMT <![CDATA[ If Gandhi were in charge ... ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/994/t/If-Gandhi-were-in-charge-.html a different thread:

Why do we feel uncomfortable with our saints until they are safely out of power or dead?


Edit: Sorry, Valiowk. Ruffled Puppy went on an archiving spree in Starbucks ;) and the thread was moved. (Fixed now.) It may end up being moved again, in which case I will try to remember to change... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/994 Tue, 30 Oct 2001 04:44:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Can the secular comprehend the religious? ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1004/t/Can-the-secular-comprehend-the-religious-.html NPR's "This American Life" from a show replayed this afternoon.

The pastor of the New Life Church, a charismatic fundamentalist sect, argues that they (we) cannot. Pastor Ted Haggard has his congregation engaged in spiritual warfare with Satan over the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Padmewan McGregor) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1004 Sun, 14 Oct 2001 19:03:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Religion and war ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1007/t/Religion-and-war.html

Been thinking quite a bit about that "crusade" image -- actually even before Bush actually uttered it, and then took it back.

The premise to this question requires that I first elaborate my thoughts on organised religion. Borrowing from Obi Have's proposed definition of elements required for religion from feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1007 Thu, 11 Oct 2001 05:37:24 GMT <![CDATA[ Religious Texts II: Pali Suttas ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/993/t/Religious-Texts-II-Pali-Suttas.html
Quote:
Self Reliance

By ourselves is evil done,
By ourselves we pain endure.
By ourselves we cease from wrong,
By ourselves become we pure.

No one saves us but ourselves,
No one can and no one may.
We ourselves must walk the path,
Buddhas merely show the way.


This fine, Kida? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Valiowk) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/993 Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:02:27 GMT <![CDATA[ The making of a crusade ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1008/t/The-making-of-a-crusade.html
Especially, this is not about who holds the original blame. Operation Infinite Justice might better have been named... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1008 Mon, 24 Sep 2001 00:40:40 GMT <![CDATA[ Individuality, consciousness, sentience, and soul ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1005/t/Individuality-consciousness-sentience-and-soul.html
At the physical core is chemistry: a series of chemical reactions creating a pattern of neural sparking linking senses and processing unit which we translate as thought. If it begins and ends with chemistry, there should be nothing stopping the re-creation of a sentient being simply by re-creating or parallelling a given pattern of chemical reactions. Where, then, lies the distinction between life and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1005 Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:16:03 GMT <![CDATA[ The Great Spiritual Corellation ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/987/t/The-Great-Spiritual-Corellation.html
www.mt.net/~watcher/newun.html

Virgo, is depicted as a virgin in every ancient reference, holding in one hand a branch, and in the other a sheaf of grain,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Guy Nero the Space Hero) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/987 Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:59:59 GMT