What are you reading

[SerialExpLain]

IN THE EARTH ABIDES THE FLAME

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Kirkpatrick

[SerialExpLain]

Thunderer, Felix Gilman

http://www.sffworld.com/brevoff/428.html

[LoopRadar]

Phillip Darrell Collins - The Semiotic Deception of September 11th

[LoopRadar]

J. G. Ballard - The Drowned World

LR

[K.Trout]

Enders Game...Orson Scott Card....pretty cool sci-fi

[nataraja]

buffettology
intelligent investor

2 new books i bought

[shZ]

^^ Click Image to view Amazon page ^^

A review from amazon:

Quote:9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Breath of Fresh Air, January 29, 2006
By Jazz Fish Zen (Lubbock, Texas)

"Meditation Without Myth" is an exceptional book for anyone wishing to reunite the two so long divided--humanism and spirituality. This is the first book I've ever read that successfully suggests a spiritual direction without the usual dogma and hocus pocus normally associated with religion. At the same time, Helminiak avoids falling into dry secular humanism so antithetical to any "God" concepts. This is the perfect book for the "spiritual but not religious" types who are open to the spiritual but grounded in science and reality. Helminiak shreds meditation of its normally associated mystical aberrations by drawing everything back to how the practice helps a person in this world. He also leaves it wide open for the reader to decide whether to inject "God" in their experience or not.

The only criticism I have is that the book only minimally describes the practice of meditation itself. Perhaps this is on purpose as he didn't want to dogmatically impose a set practice indicative of so many religions. It made sense to me because I've been practicing many forms of meditation myself for years. But the novice to meditation may not find it practically useful specifically for meditation. Overall though, it presents a very practical philosphical backdrop for meditation to help avoid falling prey to the religious vultures of our time.

EDIT: Interesting enough, the guy makes references to "esoteric" theological and religious stuff... and mentions some Jesuits once or twice. Being an ex-catholic priest with a Phd. in Psychology, it's very well written and I found it quite captivating. I have suspicions the guy might be a Jesuit, not the 'bad' kind though. Phil will probably knock my teeth out once he reads that :tongue:. I'm about halfway through right now. And will begin meditation on a regular basis:).

Here's his website: http://www.visionsofdaniel.net/book1MwM.htm

[standvast]

Panati's ~ extraordinary endings of practically everything and everyone.

Also diggin' ~ The Magic of M C Escher.

[shZ]

^^^ Tha's one trippy art there standvast:dazed:.

[standvast]

M.C Escher i find a very interesting artist Shz,
plenty of awesome non-sacred geometric "puzzles"

in case you want to know more ;

official website

Much of his work at a nice format/scale

On Liminocentricity and consciousness structures



peace'

[humbug]

Quote:non-sacred geometric "puzzles"

LOL! nice way of putting it.

was just browsing through the 1974 "the language of pattern" by keith albarn. would like to see one of eschers reptile tilings in a church, jesus replaced by that fancy tailnibbling dragon. defiling the holiness to attain sacred status.

[standvast]

:biggrin:
Yeah lets redo a few chapels with some wierd a-symetrical lizards,
i prefer krylon silver and tar ,.. but colours could be good too !

Bought "the book" on Escher's work in big ass hardcover offa Ebay cheap,..
garantees some switches of skewed perspectives,..

[stanteau]

I'm headin to smoke a blunt and chow down a good 30 pages of the Stargate Conspiracy before class.

[humbug]

Quote:I'm headin to smoke a blunt

will do the same thing and check out seagraves gold warriors. thought something japanese might be appropriate since we have the 7 year knife vendetta cycling shit just beginning. big brother just loved yesterday's 25 year-old. fcuk

enjoy the stargate conspiracy. hope to discuss it later, with phoenix and all.

[stanteau]

I got it as an inter-library loan so I only get to keep it for 2 weeks, I highly doubt I'll finish it as I'm also taking an online World Civ class which requires a LOT of reading since there's no actual class so I'll probably have to either buy s copy off Amazon, "lose it' and buy it off the library for $5 over, or just eat the latefees, either way it'll be another 2 weeks.

Lovin it so far though I have quite a lot of gripes as well.