A sober investigation of UFO phenomena
Thursday, 1. January 2009, 22:59:43
Well, I managed to slip into 2009 with all of my appendages still attached, and no hangover to speak of. It is a very cold winter day here, and is the kind of day to curl up by a fire with a book, or watch a video on the tube.
I came across a video that is old, but well done, regarding the UFO phenomena. I thought you might like it if it is cold and snowy in your location. So, fire up some popcorn and take a look at this:
Let's make it a double feature!
I hope you liked them. Now, I'll share a photo provided by an acquaintance that purports to prove his assertion that he met ET while backpacking, and that they had been working second jobs in TV advertising as the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the Michelin Man.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I came across a video that is old, but well done, regarding the UFO phenomena. I thought you might like it if it is cold and snowy in your location. So, fire up some popcorn and take a look at this:
Let's make it a double feature!
I hope you liked them. Now, I'll share a photo provided by an acquaintance that purports to prove his assertion that he met ET while backpacking, and that they had been working second jobs in TV advertising as the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the Michelin Man.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
WIDGETIZE
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Javaen # 1. January 2009, 23:36
Ravo # 1. January 2009, 23:41
Stardancer # 1. January 2009, 23:44
ellinidata # 2. January 2009, 00:31
Happy 2009
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 01:35
Same to ya'! Thanks for your continuing friendship!
Hello, Angeliki, Glad you liked it. Don't worry. I have Mrs. Ravo in a firm grip!
kiyoshi # 2. January 2009, 03:19
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 04:07
Mythologist, Joseph Campbell taught us how sad it is for those who think they must focus "out there somewhere" when the best and most rewarding journey is in the other direction.
clean # 2. January 2009, 12:16
(I didn't get the vid, somehow ... do you have a direct link? Maybe it's one of those 'Not allowed to view outside the US' ones ...
clean # 2. January 2009, 12:18
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 13:09
In the classic film "The Day the earth stood still" superior beings from "out there" visit our earth in attempt to pursuade the inhabitants to get their act together.
External, linear thinking has never been my cup of tea.
I'm more for the recognition of just how interdependent we all are.
Things will actually get accomplished that way rather than depending on external forces all the time. Sooner or later it gets to the point for some right-brain thinkers that popping a pill (Rush Limbaugh prefers OxyContin to "make his smarter") others believe numbing their minds with Jack Daniels leads to some sort of enlightenment.
LOL!
H82typ # 2. January 2009, 13:46
David, my phone can't see embedded links.
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 14:00
There is never any "problem".
Only choices.
Some choose numbing their minds with ethyl alcohol thinking they are geniuses as the side-effect kicks in - others work of the purification of the mind.
H82typ # 2. January 2009, 14:15
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 14:20
And that illusion of "forgetting" or "quieting those voices" is temporary. Always temporary.
The sages call this activity (getting loaded day after day) Cheap Grace.
A disciplined program of replacing those negative emotions with positive thoughts is the only sure-fire method for finding lasting peace and happiness.
But it takes time and patience is not one man's best and enduring qualities.
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 15:16
The video website seems to be flaky in uploading this video. Here is the same thing on Youtube: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7100303682843029418
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 15:34
Being visited by aliens from galaxies far, far away is similar to the blind belief in a creator god. Both are figments. Both are wishful thinking. Both are based on the desire for power and control.
Though open to the possibilites of both, my internal mechanism (vs external thought processes) tells me something smacks of B.S.
Though Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is an amusing read and Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is great fun, I would have to put these in the same category as Big Foot, The Loch Ness Monster, The Abominable Snowman and Joseph Smith.
"When you believe in things that you can't understand then you suffer -
superstition ain't the way." - Stevie Wonder
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 18:25
Belief is a short-circuit between the earlobes. It is easier than critical thinking and testing assumptions. It also promotes the idea that mystical constructs based on belief systems somehow have validity in the real world (external to our skin). As this post was meant to entertain and amuse, I won't seriously debate the existance of UFOs, or Gods, for that matter.
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 18:28
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 18:31
I hope the Year of the Ox is the best one yet for you!
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 19:08
The difference between a “kook” and a “crank” is mainly one of attitude. The Kook believes that anyone who reads or listens to his theories will find them so self-evident, it’s a wonder that everyone didn’t realize the “truth” before now. The Crank knows that you are going to disagree with him, while the harmless Kook is generally surprised at your laughter, and probably feels sorry for you.
It is to my understanding that in your neck of the woods Ravo, it is chock-full of people who are positive that a "prophet" of theirs was instructed by a white salamander to put magic rocks in his hat that would assist him in finding some magical golden plates that with special reading glasses could reveal the "truth" that all religions of the day were false and that this new one revealed on those plates indicates that the entire world would someday realize this "truth" , fall in line, and heaven on earth would reign supreme. And of course, these golden plates mysteriously disappeared like the UFO's in Rod Serling's theatrical presentation.
My hope is that these people aren't starting to get to you, Ravo. :>
H82typ # 2. January 2009, 20:42
Stardancer # 2. January 2009, 20:43
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 20:54
UFO Conspiracy?
Photos of Saucers via PhotoShop?
I thought I warned you Ravo.
Never EVER drink the bong water!
:>
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 21:07
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 21:21
Yes, Anonymous.
This is Habib. May the fleas of my father's camels nest in your beard!:furious:
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 21:24
You're doing that mirror thing again Ravo.
But I am glad to see you are familiar with the ancient myth of the lion and the jackal.
You, know ... deep down, the lion knows he's the lion and the jackal knows he's the jackal.
Your blog states that it includes philosophy.
I guess that must mean philosophy according to Ravo.
:>
H82typ # 2. January 2009, 21:24
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 21:54
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 22:03
Pointing fingers outwardly is fun isnt it Ravo?
A common phenomenon in today's modern Western culture.
Never point within. Too scary. Too transparent.
Pointing fingers outwardly gives a feeling of power and control, doesn't it?
Then when the chips are down ... what's next?
Another visit to The Jack of Daniels? Lot's of that sort of thing going around too. :>
clean # 2. January 2009, 22:54
(There you go, Anon, free blog title).
Ravo # 2. January 2009, 23:18
Anonymous # 2. January 2009, 23:40
Hey, you're awesome!
You are too!
Aren't we all?
You bet we are.
Ain't it grand?
Sure is ...!
LOL!
Anonymous # 3. January 2009, 00:10
I have heard stories of people raised in the Utah culture.
Utah is well-known as "the reddest state in America."
I understand a part of that culture goes something like this:
"Do as we say. Don't argue with us. We are not interested in any outside input ..." that sort of thing.
Blogs such as this can be quite interesting when in an open format.
Ravo appears to be part of that unilateral culture and knows the Utah culture quite well. He isn't shy in telling those he disagrees with to go ... well lets just say, ... someplace else.
This sort of thing is what makes America great!
Ravo # 3. January 2009, 00:34
Anonymous # 3. January 2009, 00:40
Look up the word projection Ravo.
It'll do you no harm.
Ravo # 3. January 2009, 01:52
clean # 3. January 2009, 11:04
Everyone - absolutely everyone - in Utah is a Mormon (have you not been watching Big Love enough, Anon?)
This sort of thing is - apparently - typical for the 'reddest' state (I don't know what that means; perhaps it has something to do with people painting their houses in one of the primary colours, or something).
And if people don't like it, a suggestion as to making your own platform to speak from is interpreted as telling people to go to buggery ...
You know it makes sense ...
... at least according to Anon's 'logic'.
Remember, the white pills are taken in the morning, the blue ones are taken at night ...
H82typ # 3. January 2009, 11:52
Anonymous # 3. January 2009, 17:51
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people adn in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.
If you find yourself slandering anybody, first imagine that your mouth is filled with excrement. It will break you of the habit quickly enough.
Then I would reject communications such as these (blogs, emails, chat groups, etc.) as they inevitably lend themselves to horrendous attitudes toward each other and a false sense of real community that is self-serving.
To inner peace.
Good luck and hopes for a better next life.
Ravo # 3. January 2009, 18:49
Peace, etc......
Anonymous # 3. January 2009, 19:34
Ravo, your wacky obsessive internet power games and inflated ego allowed me to identify you beyond the servers in Sandy, Utah. So what? Your fixation is unhealthy, to say the least, and you most definitely have way too much time on your hands.
Better find a new, more productive hobby. Maybe a multi-level marketing scam where the bullshit can really fly.
Ravo # 3. January 2009, 19:34
In this on-going discussion over several posts, I neglected to mention that Zen Buddahism and General Semantics are NOT bi-polar opposites, but are rather intimately connected. To quote Joseph Hutchinson:
" Mime Marcel Marceau, master communicator sans words, once posed a thought-provoking question, "Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?" To those cognizant of the fact that Zen and general semantics must be experienced in order to be understood, a definition cluttered with words and subjected to over-interpretation is not helpful. However, in a literal and figurative sense, a grey area exists where Zen and general semantics affably co-exist, uncommon common ground where distinctions between the two are imperceptible. Perhaps when all is done and said, you too will be left speechless.
Zen is spontaneity in living. To look at the world as the Japanese master Nan-in suggests, without allowing thoughts to obscure the view, one must remain passive and ignore the natural urge to interpret using symbols and labels. Like thoughts, words tend to get in the way. Without them, birds are not birds, trees are no longer trees, nor are clouds called clouds, etc. Each entity is what it is at a precise moment, and that is all. One must see them for the first time, like a child, and view action with no expectations. The old adages "actions speak louder than words" and "words cannot express" assume new meaning in this context. That is the essence of Zen and the realization to which students of general semantics aspire.
General semantics looks at "language-as-behavior" and takes into consideration how language is used in relation to its influence on people. Furthermore, general semantics is the study of how we perceive, construct, evaluate, and communicate our life experiences. (Institute of General Semantics, 2005) Perception occurs through and is limited by the five senses, and "knowing" is limited by our awareness and memory of previous experience. (Hipkiss, 1995) As in Zen, words, as symbols of reality, can get in the way because true understanding is beyond words; enlightenment defies description because language is too restrictive to relate the experience.
Several books have been written on the subject, and you can access the full article by Mr. Hutchinson at: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6405/is_/ai_n29282495
H82typ # 3. January 2009, 19:51
Oh, and
H82typ # 3. January 2009, 19:58
Anonymous # 4. January 2009, 16:50
Ravo, your typically windy preaching clearly shows you know nothing of Zen or of Buddhism (not "Buddahism" as you spell it).
Less is more, Ravo. The typical Western mind loves to complicate EVERYTHING.
D.T. Suzuki and his writings are a good start to understanding this wonderfully simple philosophy. It can alter one's life for the better with its simplicity as so many people are discovering today.
A program of formal meditation is even better.
Anonymous # 4. January 2009, 17:04
The Zen Master held up two sticks and asked the novices "What do you see?"
One of the students (with an attitude that suggests he believed he had some sort of superior brain-power) responded: "I see a short stick and a long stick!"
To which the Zen Master immediately grasped the novice's nose, twisted it, forcing some degree of pain while shouting to the novice: "KAATZ!"
(which roughly translates to: "WAKE UP!"
Such is the beauty of Zen.
Ravo # 4. January 2009, 17:48
You still rant and rave about something which you simply pay lip service to. Your attacks have become inane, and instead of trying to find out more about an aspect of Zen you obviously know nothing about, you continue to delude yourself that you somehow have a superior knowledge.
Let us see it in a blog of your own, as my Opera friend David suggested. Let's see how you might feel when someone tries to take a dump on your efforts to enlighten others. I guarantee you, I will be there to waste your disk space like you are wasting mine! Or, you can join one of the many Opera forums dedicated to the subject. I'll discuss your personal attacks the next time I see you.
Ravo # 4. January 2009, 17:52
Being 'awake' is precisely what is sought by both Zen and General Semantics. Thanks for your comment.
Javaen # 4. January 2009, 19:18
clean # 4. January 2009, 19:45