tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post2617251679742308199..comments2023-09-25T07:29:38.364-06:00Comments on Café Philos: an internet café: ChangesPaul Sunstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-53255429737123058162007-10-26T18:07:00.000-06:002007-10-26T18:07:00.000-06:00depends what you live fordepends what you live forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-86840897251823740822007-10-26T14:49:00.000-06:002007-10-26T14:49:00.000-06:00Hi Rambodoc! Of course it's permissible to critic...Hi Rambodoc! Of course it's permissible to criticize such a likable blog owner as myself! After all, I can learn from criticism. But in this case, I don't think I was belittling the ego so much as attempting to point out that it has it's place. The ego plays a vital role in our lives -- we might easily be dead without it. Yet, I don't believe that it should be at the center of our lives. Among other things, it's way too fickle for that.Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-23946341238676613532007-10-25T03:47:00.000-06:002007-10-25T03:47:00.000-06:00Is it bad form to criticise a blog owner, especial...Is it bad form to criticise a blog owner, especially one who is so likable?<BR/>Well, Paul, the beauty you weave with your words does not change the fact that your post is essentially a mystical exhalation of breath, not a rational one.<BR/>One does not need to belittle Man or the importance of the Ego, in order to appreciate something like the coming of Fall. It wouldn't make you love Nature less. Man's greatness is that he is the only force to have controlled, predicted, or conquered Nature, though this conquest may not yet be a complete one.<BR/>In your case, it seems <B><I>Pride goeth before the Fall!</B></I><BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-70312329995657556322007-10-24T18:01:00.000-06:002007-10-24T18:01:00.000-06:00Lovely thoughts. I enjoyed this very much.Lovely thoughts. I enjoyed this very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-26862542713351664832007-10-24T16:46:00.000-06:002007-10-24T16:46:00.000-06:00I live in awe of nature. The power, the benevolenc...I live in awe of nature. The power, the benevolence, the malevolence. We are very small next to that force.<BR/><BR/>Beautiful thoughts.stevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284292811462675489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-29580988429204325122007-10-22T00:02:00.000-06:002007-10-22T00:02:00.000-06:00Paul, this post is a perfect example of why I look...Paul, this post is a perfect example of why I look forward to reading Café Philos. Wish I could say more about why that is, but I can't think of anything better than just re-reading what you just wrote. Not being coy, just honest.<BR/><BR/>Guess I'll just sit back and wait for the next one.Trinifarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381983736307046035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-42742231295853126012007-10-20T15:12:00.000-06:002007-10-20T15:12:00.000-06:00I don't grasp what a 'proper place' is - I think o...I don't grasp what a 'proper place' is - I think of some kind of role one is suited to, but I don't want to feel obliged to take that place. Does it matter what someone does, really? I would say as long as they're happy... but you don't even need to be happy (or be obliged to), heck you don't even <I>need</I> to exist, it wouldn't be fair to expect any of these things if the subject's will was against it <I>and</I> they were in irreversible mental painAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-6801921455494070942007-10-20T13:06:00.000-06:002007-10-20T13:06:00.000-06:00I've come here from Enreals site, and I have to sa...I've come here from Enreals site, and I have to say that I'm so happy I did. What a beautiful and wise post....<BR/><BR/>The last line is absolutely amazing...thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-3156458513110971212007-10-19T23:13:00.000-06:002007-10-19T23:13:00.000-06:00I hope you don't mind but I linked this to my site...I hope you don't mind but I linked this to my site! Again I thank you.Enrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710909936234221038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-20646373166860107082007-10-19T23:03:00.000-06:002007-10-19T23:03:00.000-06:00I think you have captured something here...authent...I think you have captured something here...authenticity. What a brilliant thought. Do we ever connect authentically? <BR/><BR/>This is the best written piece on change I have read in sometime. <BR/>Brilliant.<BR/>"Something else, something much deeper than ego, wants only to have its proper place in this world. Perhaps it's only when we have found that place that we can connect to the world -- authentically."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-58919275356954753792007-10-18T09:07:00.000-06:002007-10-18T09:07:00.000-06:00I loved this.I loved this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489111.post-88842432779896239922007-10-18T08:50:00.000-06:002007-10-18T08:50:00.000-06:00Beautiful!The change of seasons always has a profo...Beautiful!<BR/><BR/>The change of seasons always has a profound effect on me too (Autumn and Spring more so). I used to think it was because as a child it was ingrained in me that those seasons signified change (due to school), but I think it's much more than that. I think you hit on something I've never been able to define.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.com