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Pastimes : Procrastination

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To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (174)12/23/1999 12:24:00 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 206
 
To respond ~ yes, CobaltBlue is AKA Coby, Cobe, and CB.

Next question:

if you take the Proprietary or Concrete aspects out of the composition of the Contradictory Couplings you have listed, will you admit the underlying elements are close to being IDENTICAL?

The 'paths' you mention. Are they different? Or are they all different Proprietary versions of the same path.


My opinion is different paths. This is probably why we diverge. You could say that we are all going to die, and our bodies will all rot, so we are all going to the same place, and of course that's true.

You could probably get me to agree if you said that there is only one life, and every life is but one manifestation of one turn on the wheel. At any rate, I wouldn't disagree.

If you said, there's only one maze, and we are all rats, and there's only one way out, I might even agree with that.

But when you say "a Christian is a Pagan; that a Jew is a Muslim; and so on. By defining their conceptual essences. What do they do (in general terms)? They follow their beliefs. Why do they do this? Because they believe their beliefs, as understood by them, are the right beliefs, the accepted beliefs, the beliefs that have been written for them by their systems. Ad infinitum."

Nopenopenope. Blue and red are both colors, but they aren't the same color. Roses and lilies are both flowers, but they aren't the same flower. Antarctica and North America are both continents, but they aren't the same continent. Similarly, Ghandi and Gengis Khan both had belief systems, but they aren't the same belief system.

I should point out that in the pursuit of analysis, some are "lumpers" and some are "splitters." I am definitely a "splitter." You may be a "lumper." Differences matter a great deal to me. I hate reductionism.

Sorry that you regret removing the cotton ball. Is there a problem, or are you just worried? My thought, unsolicited, is that you could call the physician's service and relay the message, but it's so late now, and I wouldn't wake him, honestly. I'd ask them to relay the question to him in the morning. Most likely, you just pulled loose a scab. If you think the symptoms are graver than what you would expect from pulling loose a scab, and you don't want to wake up the doctor, you could meekly take a taxi to an emergency room. If you feel like blood is going into the inner ear, I wouldn't wait. Call the doctor ASAP. You aren't going to bleed to death, and you probably won't get an infection, but if the blood goes into your inner ear, it could damage stuff.
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