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Subject:   Re: XXL 
From:   kitkat22@rcn.com 
Date:   Sun, December 23, 2007 19:25 
To:   p
 
 


Love the Christmas greeting, pit.  If you really live in Brooklyn, you'll
get one from me snail mail.  If not, I requested it be returned to me.  But
wherever you are, I wish you all the best.  And you know, I don't care what
body you're in.  Bodies have their uses, but they aren't 'i, ii, iii'.  Look
what happens when life goes out of them.

You got all 5 excerpts?

Can you put up scanned things?  If so, let me know if you want anything.

I know you're there, but I wish the 'you' I know the way I know you here
could be there openly.  Also wish you'd get over not wanting to have that
cup of coffee with me.  Oh well, 'if wishes were horses, beggars would
ride'.  Remember the dialogue we had about 'ugly', and you convinced me
there was nothing that couldn't be examined?  Why isn't that so at BDO?  And
then there was the time when you ---well

Forgot to mention.  I asked Lee Nichol who William is.  Lee had never heard
of him.  He knows Pat and Tom, and DF, but not William.  So who IS William,
really?

And what do you mean 'can't live dialogue'?  Seems to me that one begins to
think in a dialogue way, and then to communicate with others that way, and
that creates new wirings, and actions come out of that.  Only I see little
or no real dialogue at BDO.

Sleepy.  G'nite.


On 12/23/07 5:02 PM, ß wrote:

> 
> 
> Ps:
> 5th excerpt = up on the wwwhirld n runnin (kee'p'iT comin)
> http://thinkg.net/david_bohm/self_society_proprioception.html
> 
> Pss:
> interesting you cannot live dialogue, even while you are so all'most dying
> (to do'be "it")
> 
> Psssssss:
> the i (ii too) will be 'back', well, ok (as ~y~o~u~ k'now _
> bood>booder>boodest): nevr gon nowhr
> 
> 
>               ß
> 
> 
> 
> 
> yes, peter, it is ("getting") lovlie*, 's it not ;-)
> 
> why talk with folks if you can talk about them so much
> 
> and that, "better"
> 
> haha ... just in time fuers fest der *liebe
> 
> servus, pit
> 
> 
>      * * *
> 
> 
> This little thread is becoming quite interesting.
> 
> Reminds me of times and circumstances when all one needed to do was to
> point a finger at someone and "the system" would make them disappear.
> 
> We're so good at disappearing or disparaging people, but the moment
> someone asks "what standards? what principles?", they themselves
> become suspect.  (Pretty soon we'll all be wondering whether we
> ourselves are even whom we really are.  Perhaps we are just acting and
> pretending to our assumed selves?)
> 
> Did anyone notice how Suzy-Q was gone for 6 long months?!
> And then she returns, and within two weeks, Alan E. DeBakey appears.
> Coincidence?   Aha!   :-) :-)
> 
> Funny how on this list, which values honesty and trust, some of us
> can't afford to be honest without pretend-ID's.
> And others can't feel secure without outings.  Trust and discretion
> are deprecated by cyberstalking. ;-)
> 
> 
> I wonder how many find the following to be boring, and how many a
> treasure?:
> 
> http://www.divineparadox.com/Essays/discussion_group_harmony.htm
> 
> ~funny~ >peter renzland
> 

 
 
 
 



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Subject: Re: humanature
From:    kitkat22@rcn.com
Date:    Sun, December 23, 2007 11:46
To:      ß 


Are you by any chance "Susan"?  I recognize a certain quality there.
  Not
to mention that she sent me an email at about the same time you were telling BD that
Irene was Kay (several months ago), on the same
 subject. 
It would be SO like you to assume 'leadership' as she seems to be
 doing,
and laugh privately about how you were able to fool them.  Then call it 'humanature'.


On 12/23/07 9:59 AM, ß wrote:

>> Ever hear "the more I see of people, the better I like my dog"? 
Animals have 'natures' that people would do well to emulate.  Since human brains are
>> more complex than theirs, can we infer that 'thought' is the
 culprit? 
Ha! There's another interpretation to the Garden of Eden story.
> phonirens,
> go'n'kis
> BuD



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Subject: Re: humanature
From:    kitkat22@rcn.com
Date:    Sun, December 23, 2007 13:43
To:      ß 


Can't you somehow ask some of those questions without disclosing who
 you
are?  It's really lonely being the only one who's asking anything.  And
 I
didn't think of the one below.  You've said 'delete' to them a million times, and
it's made no dent.

If you are Susan, you're provoking the hell out of me, and I'm biting
 back
comments that might give it all away, on the assumption that you are.
  I'm
trying to sit back and watch 'human nature', rather than try to
 'rescue'
the group, or fight my grandfather all over again.  Hard, hard, hard!  It's all a
big lump in my chest between my breasts.

Please help me understand why you periodically come out in a persona
 that
blows everything to hell.  I really want to be your friend, not tumble your psychic
structure.  And I'd like you to be there with me.

Albert was my grandfather's name, and Alfred was his brother!

My eyes hurt.  Got to rest them.


On 12/23/07 1:26 PM, ß wrote:

> Subvert, according to Webster:
>     1. To overthrow or destroy
>     2. To corrupt; to undermine
> When a student disrupts a class, doesn¹t the teacher/facilitator
 have a
responsibility to the others to act to prevent the behavior that is undermining the
learning environment?  One might argue that we could learn from our
annoyance/emotions triggered by the behavior, but that seems a lesson that doesn¹t
need to be labored.  And I found myself
 not
so much annoyed as bored.
> And, again, nobody.... not a single one, not 1
> asked the tough questions, the total no-brainers,
> at this BD zoo
> like:
> how can a peter, via emails, destroy dialogue
> who is forced to read his/her stuff??
> and, again, nobody goes deep, deeper, deep enoug
> to look at all those under-lying issues
> nothinkgs but hot air.... what a bunch of airheads
> laugh
>               ß




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From rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk  Sun Dec 23 00:47:25 2007
From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 00:54:37 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
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Don. I didn't say there was no art, I just said there was no good or bad. I agree with what you've said.


From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.comSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate OrderDate: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:57:12 -0800To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org

On Dec 21, 2007, at 11:19 AM, rob mooney wrote:
there is no good or bad art. Just stuff you like and stuff you don't.
No, there is art, and you do know it when you see it, or hear it. Even if you hate it.

Art is not about liking or disliking it is about acting, and that don't mean play acting,
which is what a lot of current so-called art actually is.

don




From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.comSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate OrderDate: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:54:23 -0800To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgAs I said, Art Acts. And there are all kinds of art. But there is no such animal as good art or bad art. There is only art and non-art. 

don



On Dec 18, 2007, at 4:01 PM, rob mooney wrote:
"poems are epiphanic documents and show the writer in the process of making their discoveries, so that the reader can re-enact and re-live them, not merely feel their after effects or learn the poet's wise conclusions." (Don patterson) I expect this goes for C++, painting, music, dancing, sculpture, photography, millenery, etc. Maybe even when Don F chooses a tee shirt...


From: donlay@knology.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate OrderDate: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:22:32 -0500
ISmeaningfulTM to say the answer to these questions is yes, and to say that Bohm, talking about infinite subtlety and when he says it is as far "in there" inside the atom as it is "out there" through the universe substantiates the view I'm trying to learn how to explicate.
 
Where or what is the personal identity while being sensitive enough to "hear" the direction that amounts to improv?  
 
Once again, my programming friend says there is no identity movement while writing code.  If there was, he would be unable to write code because C++, he says, is not the language appropriate for the personal identity.  That is, personal identity simply has no meaning in the Visual Basic or C++ language.  
 
Are you aware of Irene's personal identity movement while doing improv?  -- dl
 
 
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From: Irene Darcy 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
I:  We're getting into the idea of Nada Brahma, now.  And to say more, I'd have to  go get my book.It would have been more accurate to say one creates a time-space line when one moves, I think. Why do all the good things happen at once?  I'm working on Bach Goldberg.  My Eurhythmics teacher is giving a three day workshop soon on what an improviser can learn from them, and I'm preparing for it.  I would love to have heard Bach sit down and jam with Paquito d'Rivera; throw in Sidney Bechet for good measure on clarinet, and Eugene Ysaye on violin. 
On Dec 17, 2007 5:22 PM, Don Lay <donlay@knology.net> wrote:



I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.
 
What about the idea that every time you move, you are using time and space?  
 
Is there time and space absent homo-sappo, prior to homo-sappo?  Perhaps more precisely, is there some actuality indicated by time and space that is prior to homo-sappo?  -- dl

 
http://www.knology.net/~donlay/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Irene Darcy 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 



Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.  And imagination has its place when it's not out of balance.
On Dec 17, 2007 4:47 PM, Lynne Tolk < lynne@lifedirectionscoach.com> wrote:

To be or not to be?   Is there a choice?  Is the question the problem?  What about yes? (form is emptiness, emptiness is form; explicate is implicate is explicate?) 
On 12/17/07 12:56 PM, "Don Lay" <donlay@knology.net> wrote:

the old old thought occurs -- no us? -- RobMaybe.  I've been using the idea of imagination, thought to think of the identity of things including us.I think I'm beginning to understand something like the idea of all this that is as unknown and thought equating with the imaged known, with the language or knowing system of imagination.It's a bit spooky to think that us is not.  That is, the notness or non being must be addressed.  The anxiety does not go away simply by acting and pretending it is not there. Maybe one way to avoid the anxiety of non being is to understand the idea that relative being is part of the whole of Being.   dl http://www.knology.net/~donlay/

----- Original Message ----- From: rob mooney <mailto:rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:37 PMSubject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate OrderThe thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could there be no space? the old old thought occurs -- no us?


From: donlay@knology.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate OrderDate: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:05:03 -0500if there is no space time tea cake etc aren't we wasting our... um... breathThe thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could there be no space?  Maybe we could say that it is only a useful concept and use while being aware that it is limited.Would that be in the direction of unlimited experience? -- dl -- Irene 


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Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually directed to one of Peter's addresses:

[was something about Failure]

If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it reasonable to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning?

It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point -- meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.

Some questions occur: 

May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?

When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?

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  The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed, 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).

  The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii much here, among yoUs.

  Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so he "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).

  Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).

  Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.

  Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go away" because of this move(away).

  Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly' about (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once, just once, being able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it takgive place, time (tice)... dobeing touched (penetration, see above) by it. Once again you findy that groupi strength ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title: "Acting & Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities, softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.

  Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing, pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of "self&awareness"). 

  Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE, thusly, a part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like Bohm's story about the woman who keeps beating herself (while) under the i'm-pressure to be under attack: the attacked=the attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go 'ahead', and keep beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that the-observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.

  ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.

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        Ooooooooooh,
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        problema, senor

        will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))

        ciao

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Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700



This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  
 
playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari
 
emotionally raw
deep, deep, tension 
large, and warm
I did not plan it
so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
maybe not
a sense of separation, of woundedness
doubting if I really know anything, 
am I am just a joke of a person?
yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
can I trust my nature to take care of me?
so far I'm still here...or something is
so this is just where I am at
 
Can't think of anything that says is better than that.
 
Susan
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Karilen Mays 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


Hello, group exploring online,
 
There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
 
The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
 
Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 
 
But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.
 
The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
 
On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
 
Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
 
Love,
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Date: Sun Dec 23 01:20:07 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
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I appreciate the idea of art and no art rather than "good or bad" art.

I'm intrigued though with Aesthetics and thus about the Don's notion of art that "Art is not about liking or disliking it is about acting, and that don't mean play acting, which is what a lot of current so-called art actually is.".

Don would you please elaborate. -- dl

ps:  My bias is toward Susan Langer.



From: rob mooney 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:47 PM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order


  Don. I didn't say there was no art, I just said there was no good or bad. I agree with what you've said.



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    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
    Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:57:12 -0800
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org



    On Dec 21, 2007, at 11:19 AM, rob mooney wrote:


      there is no good or bad art. Just stuff you like and stuff you don't.


    No, there is art, and you do know it when you see it, or hear it. Even if you hate it.


    Art is not about liking or disliking it is about acting, and that don't mean play acting,
    which is what a lot of current so-called art actually is.


    don






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        From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
        Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:54:23 -0800
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org

        As I said, Art Acts. And there are all kinds of art. But there is no such animal as good art or bad art. There is only art and non-art. 


        don


        On Dec 18, 2007, at 4:01 PM, rob mooney wrote:


          "poems are epiphanic documents and show the writer in the process of making their discoveries, so that the reader can re-enact and re-live them, not merely feel their after effects or learn the poet's wise conclusions."
           
          (Don patterson)
           
          I expect this goes for C++, painting, music, dancing, sculpture, photography, millenery, etc. Maybe even when Don F chooses a tee shirt...




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            From: donlay@knology.net
            To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
            Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
            Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:22:32 -0500


            ISmeaningfulTM to say the answer to these questions is yes, and to say that Bohm, talking about infinite subtlety and when he says it is as far "in there" inside the atom as it is "out there" through the universe substantiates the view I'm trying to learn how to explicate.

            Where or what is the personal identity while being sensitive enough to "hear" the direction that amounts to improv?  

            Once again, my programming friend says there is no identity movement while writing code.  If there was, he would be unable to write code because C++, he says, is not the language appropriate for the personal identity.  That is, personal identity simply has no meaning in the Visual Basic or C++ language.  

            Are you aware of Irene's personal identity movement while doing improv?  -- dl


            \
              From: Irene Darcy 
              To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
              Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:32 PM
              Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order


              I:  We're getting into the idea of Nada Brahma, now.  And to say more, I'd have to  go get my book.

              It would have been more accurate to say one creates a time-space line when one moves, I think. 

              Why do all the good things happen at once?  I'm working on Bach Goldberg.  My Eurhythmics teacher is giving a three day workshop soon on what an improviser can learn from them, and I'm preparing for it.  I would love to have heard Bach sit down and jam with Paquito d'Rivera; throw in Sidney Bechet for good measure on clarinet, and Eugene Ysaye on violin. 


              On Dec 17, 2007 5:22 PM, Don Lay <donlay@knology.net> wrote:

                I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.

                What about the idea that every time you move, you are using time and space?  

                Is there time and space absent homo-sappo, prior to homo-sappo?  Perhaps more precisely, is there some actuality indicated by time and space that is prior to homo-sappo?  -- dl

                http://www.knology.net/~donlay/
                  ----- Original Message ----- 
                  From: Irene Darcy 
                  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                  Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:53 PM
                  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order


                  I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.  And imagination has its place when it's not out of balance.


                  On Dec 17, 2007 4:47 PM, Lynne Tolk < lynne@lifedirectionscoach.com> wrote:

                    To be or not to be?   Is there a choice?  Is the question the problem?  What about yes? (form is emptiness, emptiness is form; explicate is implicate is explicate?) 



                    On 12/17/07 12:56 PM, "Don Lay" <donlay@knology.net> wrote:


                      the old old thought occurs -- no us? -- Rob

                      Maybe.  I've been using the idea of imagination, thought to think of the identity of things including us.

                      I think I'm beginning to understand something like the idea of all this that is as unknown and thought equating with the imaged known, with the language or knowing system of imagination.

                      It's a bit spooky to think that us is not.  That is, the notness or non being must be addressed.  The anxiety does not go away simply by acting and pretending it is not there. 

                      Maybe one way to avoid the anxiety of non being is to understand the idea that relative being is part of the whole of Being.   dl
                       

                      http://www.knology.net/~donlay/

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                        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                        Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:37 PM
                        Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order

                        The thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could there be no space? 

                        the old old thought occurs -- no us?





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                          Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
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                          if there is no space time tea cake etc aren't we wasting our... um... breath

                          The thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could there be no space?  Maybe we could say that it is only a useful concept and use while being aware that it is limited.

                          Would that be in the direction of unlimited experience? -- dl

                           








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Date: Sun Dec 23 01:22:46 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.

Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl




  From: rob mooney 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.



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    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
    Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700


    This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  

    playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari

    emotionally raw
    deep, deep, tension 
    large, and warm
    I did not plan it
    so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
    maybe not
    a sense of separation, of woundedness
    doubting if I really know anything, 
    am I am just a joke of a person?
    yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
    can I trust my nature to take care of me?
    so far I'm still here...or something is
    so this is just where I am at

    Can't think of anything that says is better than that.

    Susan


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      From: Karilen Mays 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
      Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


      Hello, group exploring online,

      There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)

      The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 

      Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 

      But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.

      The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.

      On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?

      Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...

      Love,
      Kari





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Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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One Don was fond of his reasonThe other thought acting was treason
And old HeraclitusCaught encephalitis
Which buggered his holiday season
 
 


From: donlay@knology.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a lineDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:49 -0500




Meaning is reason
Reason is meaning
 
This is the season
For reasonable leaning
 
Toward the idea
Of reason and meaning
 
 
 
From: Irene Darcy 

To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
I:  Who can?    We can - just so    The !@#$    Doesn't hit the fan!
On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, donald factor < DFACTOR@dc.rr.com> wrote:

Reason and meaning. 
Two little words.
What do they mean?
What is their reason?
Do they count when
Disaster is all around?
And who does 
the counting?
Who can?

don


On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Don Lay wrote:


disaster all around
and so i try
to participate
in bohm dialogue
as we sleep 
 
clearly reason and meaning
make the self a self
and reason and meaning
are not jokes
 
 
From: Karilen Mays 

To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line





disaster all around
and so i try
to participate
in bohm dialogue
as we sleep 
 
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Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?

Susan
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  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.

  Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl




    From: rob mooney 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
    Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


    no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.



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      From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
      Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700


      This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  

      playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari

      emotionally raw
      deep, deep, tension 
      large, and warm
      I did not plan it
      so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
      maybe not
      a sense of separation, of woundedness
      doubting if I really know anything, 
      am I am just a joke of a person?
      yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
      can I trust my nature to take care of me?
      so far I'm still here...or something is
      so this is just where I am at

      Can't think of anything that says is better than that.

      Susan


        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Karilen Mays 
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
        Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
        Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


        Hello, group exploring online,

        There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)

        The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 

        Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 

        But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.

        The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.

        On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?

        Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...

        Love,
        Kari





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hmm. yes.


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:19:10 -0700



Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?
 
Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Don Lay 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness

Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.
 
Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl
 
 
 
 

From: rob mooney 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700


This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  
 
playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari
 
emotionally raw
deep, deep, tension 
large, and warm
I did not plan it
so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
maybe not
a sense of separation, of woundedness
doubting if I really know anything, 
am I am just a joke of a person?
yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
can I trust my nature to take care of me?
so far I'm still here...or something is
so this is just where I am at
 
Can't think of anything that says is better than that.
 
Susan
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Karilen Mays 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


Hello, group exploring online,
 
There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
 
The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
 
Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 
 
But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.
 
The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
 
On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
 
Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
 
Love,
Kari
 
 
 

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From: donlay at knology.net (Don Lay)
Date: Sun Dec 23 01:36:10 2007
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There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. -- Kari

Me too!  It can also be called selfish, self-centered, self-pity!   I try to be on guard for it so that when it occurs, I simply watch it as per K, give it attention as db/thought.  

It seems that attention dissolves the reflexive and mechanical selfish, self-centered thoughts that are not useful.  Attention also provides solutions and answers to selfish, self-centered thoughts that are part of meaningful, reasonable awareness.  

Anyone else ever felt wounded by separation or separation-thought?  -- dl



  From: Karilen Mays 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:08 PM
  Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  Hello, group exploring online,

  There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)

  The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 

  Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 

  But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.

  The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.

  On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?

  Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...

  Love,
  Kari





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From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 01:42:40 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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K:  Kari's was beautiful; this one's hilarious.  Enjoyable, all.

On Dec 22, 2007 7:18 PM, rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>  One Don was fond of his reason
> The other thought acting was treason
> And old Heraclitus
> Caught encephalitis
> Which buggered his holiday season
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: donlay@knology.net
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:49 -0500
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>
>
>  Meaning is reason
> Reason is meaning
>
> This is the season
> For reasonable leaning
>
> Toward the idea
> Of reason and meaning
>
>
> **
> *From:* Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com>
>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:46 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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> I:  Who can?
>     We can - just so
>     The !@#$ <%21@#$>
>     Doesn't hit the fan!
>
> On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, donald factor < DFACTOR@dc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Reason and meaning. Two little words.
> What do they mean?
> What is their reason?
> Do they count when
> Disaster is all around?
> And who does
> the counting?
> Who can?
>
> don
>
>  On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
>  disaster all around
> and so i try
> to participate
> in bohm dialogue
> as we sleep
>
> clearly reason and meaning
> make the self a self
> and reason and meaning
> are not jokes
>
>
> *From:* Karilen Mays <tubakari@yahoo.com>
>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:50 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
>
>  disaster all around
> and so i try
> to participate
> in bohm dialogue
> as we sleep
>
> *From:* Karilen Mays <tubakari@yahoo.com>
>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:21 PM
> *Subject:* [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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From: donlay at knology.net (Don Lay)
Date: Sun Dec 23 01:43:26 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?  -- Susan

Maybe in the end, language tells a story in the sense that it is descriptive.

Is language necessarily descriptive?  

Is there a language that does not describe, and in that sense does not tell a storey? -- dl


From: rob mooney 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:21 PM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  hmm. yes.



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    From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
    Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:19:10 -0700


    Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?

    Susan
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Don Lay 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:15 PM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


      Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.

      Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl




        From: rob mooney 
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
        Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
        Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


        no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.



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          From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
          To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
          Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
          Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700


          This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  

          playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari

          emotionally raw
          deep, deep, tension 
          large, and warm
          I did not plan it
          so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
          maybe not
          a sense of separation, of woundedness
          doubting if I really know anything, 
          am I am just a joke of a person?
          yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
          can I trust my nature to take care of me?
          so far I'm still here...or something is
          so this is just where I am at

          Can't think of anything that says is better than that.

          Susan


            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: Karilen Mays 
            To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
            Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
            Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


            Hello, group exploring online,

            There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)

            The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 

            Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 

            But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.

            The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.

            On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?

            Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...

            Love,
            Kari





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From: donlay at knology.net (Don Lay)
Date: Sun Dec 23 01:58:19 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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Yes, I agree.

Locally, a friend said I have Heraclitus-itus.



  From: Irene Darcy 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


  K:  Kari's was beautiful; this one's hilarious.  Enjoyable, all.


  On Dec 22, 2007 7:18 PM, rob mooney < rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

    One Don was fond of his reason
    The other thought acting was treason
    And old Heraclitus
    Caught encephalitis
    Which buggered his holiday season
     
     

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    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line

    Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:49 -0500




      Meaning is reason
      Reason is meaning

      This is the season
      For reasonable leaning

      Toward the idea
      Of reason and meaning



      From: Irene Darcy 
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
        Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:46 PM
        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


        I:  Who can?
            We can - just so
            The !@#$
            Doesn't hit the fan!


        On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, donald factor < DFACTOR@dc.rr.com> wrote:

          Reason and meaning. 
          Two little words.
          What do they mean?
          What is their reason?
          Do they count when
          Disaster is all around?
          And who does 
          the counting?
          Who can?


          don


          On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Don Lay wrote:


            disaster all around
            and so i try
            to participate
            in bohm dialogue
            as we sleep 

            clearly reason and meaning
            make the self a self
            and reason and meaning
            are not jokes


            From: Karilen Mays 
              To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
              Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:50 PM
              Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line




              disaster all around
              and so i try
              to participate
              in bohm dialogue
              as we sleep 

              From: Karilen Mays 
                To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:21 PM 
                Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line 





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From lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com  Sun Dec 23 03:10:44 2007
From: lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com (Lynne Tolk)
Date: Sun Dec 23 03:17:58 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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There are enough powerful questions here to fuel dialogue for all 2008 and
beyond!  Thanks for all of them.   I have been in the place you describe
many times.  Been in and out a lot this past year,  having been confronted
with loss and mortality.  That sense of isolation and aloneness can be
devastating.  But I?ve noticed that just as relationships can be used as a
denial of aloneness, so can that experience of aloneness be used as a denial
of connectedness.  It?s never an either-or.  I am separate.  And I am
connected to everyone, even those I fear.  Perhaps the challenge for the
future is to learn how to honor the individual and at the same time learn
how to extend a real experience of connection beyond the old
family/tribe/nation to global and beyond to embrace all beings.

Lynne
On 12/22/07 12:08 PM, "Karilen Mays" <tubakari@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello, group exploring online,
>  
> There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that
> new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from
> Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go
> on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here
> because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who
> are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages
> when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is
> actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those
> messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
>  
> The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my
> own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our
> own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially
> when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up
> for investigation.
>  
> Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last
> year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the
> time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something
> about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger,
> Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are
> not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions,
> physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a
> straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of
> patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is
> that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if
> that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a
> pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in
> this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one
> aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone.
>  
> But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach,
> and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am
> story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few
> moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe
> not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms"
> I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I
> tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of
> doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I
> know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy
> ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I
> seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and
> consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with
> myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or
> something is.
>  
> The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a
> flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted
> it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no
> person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and
> who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am
> inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but
> in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need
> for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a
> non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and
> seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if
> some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of
> people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at
> everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness
> which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all
> the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that
> we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
>  
> On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights
> grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying.
> What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs
> and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is
> letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own
> development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they
> are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we
> effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an
> impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do
> I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or
> other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year?
> Who are we?
>  
> Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then
> that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you
> because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the
> capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so
> I will close this. Thank you all...
>  
> Love,
> Kari
>  

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whew, good.

don
On Dec 22, 2007, at 3:47 PM, rob mooney wrote:

> Don. I didn't say there was no art, I just said there was no good  
> or bad. I agree with what you've said.
>
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:57:12 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2007, at 11:19 AM, rob mooney wrote:
>
> there is no good or bad art. Just stuff you like and stuff you don't.
>
> No, there is art, and you do know it when you see it, or hear it.  
> Even if you hate it.
>
> Art is not about liking or disliking it is about acting, and that  
> don't mean play acting,
> which is what a lot of current so-called art actually is.
>
> don
>
>
>
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:54:23 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> As I said, Art Acts. And there are all kinds of art. But there is  
> no such animal as good art or bad art. There is only art and non-art.
>
> don
>
> On Dec 18, 2007, at 4:01 PM, rob mooney wrote:
>
> "poems are epiphanic documents and show the writer in the process  
> of making their discoveries, so that the reader can re-enact and re- 
> live them, not merely feel their after effects or learn the poet's  
> wise conclusions."
>
> (Don patterson)
>
> I expect this goes for C++, painting, music, dancing, sculpture,  
> photography, millenery, etc. Maybe even when Don F chooses a tee  
> shirt...
>
>
> From: donlay@knology.net
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:22:32 -0500
>
> ISmeaningfulTM to say the answer to these questions is yes, and to  
> say that Bohm, talking about infinite subtlety and when he says it  
> is as far "in there" inside the atom as it is "out there" through  
> the universe substantiates the view I'm trying to learn how to  
> explicate.
>
> Where or what is the personal identity while being sensitive enough  
> to "hear" the direction that amounts to improv?
>
> Once again, my programming friend says there is no identity  
> movement while writing code.  If there was, he would be unable to  
> write code because C++, he says, is not the language appropriate  
> for the personal identity.  That is, personal identity simply has  
> no meaning in the Visual Basic or C++ language.
>
> Are you aware of Irene's personal identity movement while doing  
> improv?  -- dl
>
>
> \
> From: Irene Darcy
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
>
> I:  We're getting into the idea of Nada Brahma, now.  And to say  
> more, I'd have to  go get my book.
>
> It would have been more accurate to say one creates a time-space  
> line when one moves, I think.
>
> Why do all the good things happen at once?  I'm working on Bach  
> Goldberg.  My Eurhythmics teacher is giving a three day workshop  
> soon on what an improviser can learn from them, and I'm preparing  
> for it.  I would love to have heard Bach sit down and jam with  
> Paquito d'Rivera; throw in Sidney Bechet for good measure on  
> clarinet, and Eugene Ysaye on violin.
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 5:22 PM, Don Lay <donlay@knology.net> wrote:
> I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.
>
> What about the idea that every time you move, you are using time  
> and space?
>
> Is there time and space absent homo-sappo, prior to homo-sappo?   
> Perhaps more precisely, is there some actuality indicated by time  
> and space that is prior to homo-sappo?  -- dl
>
> http://www.knology.net/~donlay/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Irene Darcy
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
>
> I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.  And  
> imagination has its place when it's not out of balance.
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 4:47 PM, Lynne Tolk <  
> lynne@lifedirectionscoach.com> wrote:
> To be or not to be?   Is there a choice?  Is the question the  
> problem?  What about yes? (form is emptiness, emptiness is form;  
> explicate is implicate is explicate?)
>
>
>
> On 12/17/07 12:56 PM, "Don Lay" <donlay@knology.net> wrote:
>
> the old old thought occurs -- no us? -- Rob
>
> Maybe.  I've been using the idea of imagination, thought to think  
> of the identity of things including us.
>
> I think I'm beginning to understand something like the idea of all  
> this that is as unknown and thought equating with the imaged known,  
> with the language or knowing system of imagination.
>
> It's a bit spooky to think that us is not.  That is, the notness or  
> non being must be addressed.  The anxiety does not go away simply  
> by acting and pretending it is not there.
>
> Maybe one way to avoid the anxiety of non being is to understand  
> the idea that relative being is part of the whole of Being.   dl
>
>
> http://www.knology.net/~donlay/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rob mooney <mailto:rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:37 PM
> Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
>
> The thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could  
> there be no space?
>
> the old old thought occurs -- no us?
>
>
>
> From: donlay@knology.net
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:05:03 -0500
>
> if there is no space time tea cake etc aren't we wasting our...  
> um... breath
>
> The thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could  
> there be no space?  Maybe we could say that it is only a useful  
> concept and use while being aware that it is limited.
>
> Would that be in the direction of unlimited experience? -- dl
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Irene
>
>
>
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> -- 
> Irene
>
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I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another  
name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted  
something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep  
your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such  
things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit.

don

On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:

> Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by  
> the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as  
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his  
> own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam  
> filter. -- admin
>
> Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass  
> on the following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was  
> actually directed to one of Peter's addresses:
>
> [was something about Failure]
>
> If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it  
> reasonable to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to  
> eliminate the ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning?
>
> It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the  
> point -- meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of  
> reason and meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
>
> Some questions occur:
>
> May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
> Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
>
> When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is  
> communication possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?
>
> My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable,  
> rational and meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl
>
>
>
>
> bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org wrote:
> You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed,  
> 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
>
> The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii  
> much here, among yoUs.
>
> Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"...  
> ~ so he "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core  
> of-- dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle  
> it"... ~ so you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at -- 
> the core of-- dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
>
> Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go  
> away" because of this move(away).
>
> Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly'  
> about (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once,  
> just once,   being able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it  
> takgive place, time (tice)... dobeing touched (penetration, see  
> above) by it. Once again you findy that groupi strength  
> ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title: "Acting &  
> Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the  
> camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities,  
> softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so  
> pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
>
> Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing,  
> pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of  
> "self&awareness").
>
> Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE,  
> thusly, a part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like  
> Bohm's story about the woman who keeps beating herself (while)  
> under the i'm-pressure to be under attack: the attacked=the  
> attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go 'ahead', and keep  
> beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that the- 
> observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
>
> ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.
>
> Tschuess  )(
>
> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  
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>
> From: dialogue-admin
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> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:01 PM
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>
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>
> admin
>
>
>
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> problema, senor
>
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Date: Sun Dec 23 03:40:05 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
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Bob Rauschenberg said that  once you come into contact with a work of  
art will, after you have seen/heard/read it, change forever the way  
you experience the world. Often this occurs in very subtle ways. It  
is worth considering why certain works of art, so called, have  
remained significant for long periods of time while others that may  
have been popular in their own day are now long forgotten.

I too liked Langer's ideas on aesthetics. But she was writing before  
the current phase of American and European art where the art objects  
have been transformed into commodities. This is the first time in  
history where young people want to get into a good art college  
because they see it as a source of possible fame and riches. These  
days, you are only considered an artist if you can show off  an MFA  
degree. Its all about money. We may have Andy Warhol to blame for  
that. He DID force us to see the world differently, but for a lot of  
people his irony was taken too literally. So huge numbers of people  
believe that they deserve to be famous for fifiteen minute, one way  
or another.  Peter Krauss is probably one of them. So, I guess you  
can't win 'em all.

don
fi
On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:13 PM, Don Lay wrote:

> I appreciate the idea of art and no art rather than "good or bad" art.
>
> I'm intrigued though with Aesthetics and thus about the Don's  
> notion of art that "Art is not about liking or disliking it is  
> about acting, and that don't mean play acting, which is what a lot  
> of current so-called art actually is.".
>
> Don would you please elaborate. -- dl
>
> ps:  My bias is toward Susan Langer.
>
>
>
> From: rob mooney
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
>
> Don. I didn't say there was no art, I just said there was no good  
> or bad. I agree with what you've said.
>
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:57:12 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2007, at 11:19 AM, rob mooney wrote:
>
> there is no good or bad art. Just stuff you like and stuff you don't.
>
> No, there is art, and you do know it when you see it, or hear it.  
> Even if you hate it.
>
> Art is not about liking or disliking it is about acting, and that  
> don't mean play acting,
> which is what a lot of current so-called art actually is.
>
> don
>
>
>
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:54:23 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> As I said, Art Acts. And there are all kinds of art. But there is  
> no such animal as good art or bad art. There is only art and non-art.
>
> don
>
> On Dec 18, 2007, at 4:01 PM, rob mooney wrote:
>
> "poems are epiphanic documents and show the writer in the process  
> of making their discoveries, so that the reader can re-enact and re- 
> live them, not merely feel their after effects or learn the poet's  
> wise conclusions."
>
> (Don patterson)
>
> I expect this goes for C++, painting, music, dancing, sculpture,  
> photography, millenery, etc. Maybe even when Don F chooses a tee  
> shirt...
>
>
> From: donlay@knology.net
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:22:32 -0500
>
> ISmeaningfulTM to say the answer to these questions is yes, and to  
> say that Bohm, talking about infinite subtlety and when he says it  
> is as far "in there" inside the atom as it is "out there" through  
> the universe substantiates the view I'm trying to learn how to  
> explicate.
>
> Where or what is the personal identity while being sensitive enough  
> to "hear" the direction that amounts to improv?
>
> Once again, my programming friend says there is no identity  
> movement while writing code.  If there was, he would be unable to  
> write code because C++, he says, is not the language appropriate  
> for the personal identity.  That is, personal identity simply has  
> no meaning in the Visual Basic or C++ language.
>
> Are you aware of Irene's personal identity movement while doing  
> improv?  -- dl
>
>
> \
> From: Irene Darcy
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
>
> I:  We're getting into the idea of Nada Brahma, now.  And to say  
> more, I'd have to  go get my book.
>
> It would have been more accurate to say one creates a time-space  
> line when one moves, I think.
>
> Why do all the good things happen at once?  I'm working on Bach  
> Goldberg.  My Eurhythmics teacher is               giving a three  
> day workshop soon on what an improviser can learn from them, and  
> I'm preparing for it.  I would love to have heard Bach sit down and  
> jam with Paquito d'Rivera; throw in Sidney Bechet for good measure  
> on clarinet, and Eugene Ysaye on violin.
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 5:22 PM, Don Lay <donlay@knology.net> wrote:
> I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.
>
> What about the idea that every time you move, you are using time  
> and space?
>
> Is there time and space absent homo-sappo, prior to homo-sappo?   
> Perhaps more precisely, is there some actuality indicated by time  
> and space that is prior to homo-sappo?  -- dl
>
> http://www.knology.net/~donlay/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Irene Darcy
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
>
> I:  Every time you move you are creating explicate time-space.  And  
> imagination has its place when it's not out of balance.
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 4:47 PM, Lynne Tolk <  
> lynne@lifedirectionscoach.com> wrote:
> To be or not to be?   Is there a choice?  Is the question the  
> problem?  What about yes? (form is emptiness, emptiness is form;  
> explicate is implicate is explicate?)
>
>
>
> On 12/17/07 12:56 PM, "Don Lay" <donlay@knology.net> wrote:
>
> the old old thought occurs -- no us? -- Rob
>
> Maybe.  I've been using the                       idea of  
> imagination, thought to think of the identity of things  
> including                       us.
>
> I think I'm beginning to understand something like the idea of all  
> this that is as unknown and thought equating with the imaged known,  
> with the language or knowing system of imagination.
>
> It's a bit spooky to think that us is not.  That is, the notness or  
> non being must be addressed.  The anxiety does not go away simply  
> by acting and pretending it is not there.
>
> Maybe one way to avoid the anxiety of non being is to understand  
> the idea that relative being is part of the                        
> whole of Being.   dl
>
>
> http://www.knology.net/~donlay/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rob mooney <mailto:rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:37 PM
> Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
>
> The thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could  
> there be no space?
>
> the old old thought occurs -- no us?
>
>
>
> From: donlay@knology.net
> To:                           bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Subject:                           Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Implicate Order
> Date: Mon, 17                           Dec 2007 14:05:03 -0500
>
> if there is no space time tea cake etc aren't we wasting our...  
> um... breath
>
> The thought occurs -- since we all use time, space, etc., how could  
> there be no space? Maybe we could say  
> that                           it is only a useful concept and use  
> while being aware that it is                           limited.
>
> Would that be in the direction of unlimited experience? -- dl
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Irene
>
>
>
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>
> -- 
> Irene
>
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On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Don Lay wrote:

> Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.
>
> Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl
>
But only if you speak the same language as the poet.

don
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Classic! But we'll have to wait and see if it holds up over time.

don

On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:18 PM, rob mooney wrote:

> One Don was fond of his reason
> The other thought acting was treason
> And old Heraclitus
> Caught encephalitis
> Which buggered his holiday season
>
>
> From: donlay@knology.net
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:49 -0500
>
>
> Meaning is reason
> Reason is meaning
>
> This is the season
> For reasonable leaning
>
> Toward the idea
> Of reason and meaning
>
>
>
> From: Irene Darcy
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
> I:  Who can?
>     We can - just so
>     The !@#$
>     Doesn't hit the fan!
>
> On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, donald factor < DFACTOR@dc.rr.com> wrote:
> Reason and meaning.
> Two little words.
> What do they mean?
> What is their reason?
> Do they count when
> Disaster is all around?
> And who does
> the counting?
> Who can?
>
> don
>
> On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
> disaster all around
> and so i try
> to participate
> in bohm dialogue
> as we sleep
>
> clearly reason and meaning
> make the self a self
> and reason and meaning
> are not jokes
>
>
> From: Karilen Mays
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
>
> disaster all around
> and so i try
> to participate
> in bohm dialogue
> as we sleep
>
> From: Karilen Mays
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:21 PM
> Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
>
>
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Good to see that everything is under control. :-) ~~ funny ~~

On Dec 22, 2007, at 21:21 , donald factor wrote:

> I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another  
> name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted  
> something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep  
> your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such  
> things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit.
>
> don
>
> On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
>> Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by  
>> the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com 
>>  but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net 
>> . I suggest you update your spam filter. -- admin
>>
>> Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass  
>> on the following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was  
>> actually directed to one of Peter's addresses:
>>
>> [was something about Failure]
>>
>> If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it  
>> reasonable to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to  
>> eliminate the ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning?
>>
>> It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the  
>> point -- meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of  
>> reason and meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
>>
>> Some questions occur:
>>
>> May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
>> Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
>>
>> When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is  
>> communication possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?
>>
>> My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable,  
>> rational and meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org wrote:
>> You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed,  
>> 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
>>
>> The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii  
>> much here, among yoUs.
>>
>> Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"...  
>> ~ so he "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core  
>> of-- dialogue).
>>
>> Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle  
>> it"... ~ so you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at -- 
>> the core of-- dialogue).
>>
>> Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
>>
>> Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go  
>> away" because of this move(away).
>>
>> Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly'  
>> about (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once,  
>> just once, being able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it  
>> takgive place, time (tice)... dobeing touched (penetration, see  
>> above) by it. Once again you findy that groupi strength  
>> ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title: "Acting &  
>> Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the  
>> camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities,  
>> softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so  
>> pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
>>
>> Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing,  
>> pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of  
>> "self&awareness").
>>
>> Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE,  
>> thusly, a part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like  
>> Bohm's story about the woman who keeps beating herself (while)  
>> under the i'm-pressure to be under attack: the attacked=the  
>> attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go 'ahead', and keep  
>> beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that the- 
>> observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
>>
>> ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/ 
>> pit.
>>
>> Tschuess  )(
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>> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  
>> Try it now.
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>>
>>
>> From: dialogue-admin
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>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:01 PM
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>> Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by  
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>>  but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net 
>> . I suggest you update your spam filter.
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>>
>>
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>> problema, senor
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>> will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))
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>> ciao
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From landmana at yahoo.com  Sun Dec 23 06:15:29 2007
From: landmana at yahoo.com (Alfred Landman)
Date: Sun Dec 23 11:16:04 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
In-Reply-To: <540781.95082.qm@web52908.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Hi Karilen Mays. Yesterday we took out the boat. It was cold. We drank hot soup and watched the birds. At home a book looked at me. Come and see. In The Wild Duck there is an "idealist," Gregers Werle, who continually talks as though he had been reading Ibsen's previous plays. He returns to his hometown after an extended exile and meddles in the affairs of a strange family, producing disastrous results. Living in a house whose closets are chock-full of skeletons. Over the course of the play the many secrets that lie behind the Ekdals' apparently happy home are revealed to Gregers, who insists on pursuing the absolute truth, or the "Summons of the Ideal". This family has achieved a tolerable modus vivendi by ignoring the skeletons (among the secrets: Gregers' father impregnated his servant Gina then married her off to Hjalmar to legitimize the child, and Hjalmar's father has been disgraced and imprisoned for a crime the elder Werle committed.) and by permitting each member
 to live in a dreamworld of his own?the feckless father believing himself to be a great inventor, the grandfather dwelling on the past when he was a mighty sportsman, and little Hedvig, the child, centering her emotional life around an attic where a wounded wild duck leads a crippled existence in a make-believe forest.To the idealist all this appears intolerable; it must seem that the whole family is leading a life "based on a lie"; all sorts of evils are "growing in the dark". The remedy is obviously to face facts, to speak frankly, to let in the light. However, in this play the revelation of the truth is not a happy event because it rips up the foundation of the Ekdal family. When the skeletons are brought out of the closet, the whole dreamworld collapses; the weak husband thinks it is his duty to leave his wife, and the little girl, after trying to sacrifice her precious duck, shoots herself with the same gun. One of the famous quotes from the doctor Relling who built up
 and maintained the lies the family is founded on is "If you take away the lie of life from an average human, you take away his happiness at the same time." And a merry Christmas to all of you, Friends. AL
  

Karilen Mays <tubakari@yahoo.com> wrote:
          Hello, group exploring online,
   
  There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
   
  The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
   
  Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one
 aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 
   
  But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or
 something is.
   
  The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and
 aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
   
  On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
   
  Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
   
  Love,
  Kari
   
   
   


  
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Dec 23 14:28:45 2007
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 14:36:06 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
References: <942989.91927.qm@web57415.mail.re1.yahoo.com><476D8925.000005.04180@VAIO-584793128F><010d01c844f7$bf521e60$b5c16018@DL01><13A57086-0774-4662-936D-26D2885B0F24@dc.rr.com>
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Hello pit.

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Renzland 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:07 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


  Good to see that everything is under control. :-) ~~ funny ~~


  On Dec 22, 2007, at 21:21 , donald factor wrote:


    I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit.


    don


    On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:


      Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. -- admin


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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Dec 23 14:45:11 2007
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 14:52:32 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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Hi Alfred.  I'm wondering where you get the designation of idealist for Werle?  He doesn't sound like an idealist to me from the description you are giving here.  He sounds like a realist, someone who believes in an absolute truth "out there" outside of us.  The little girl sounds more like an idealist, someone who believes that happiness is a state of mind that can be created by each of us regardless of our circumstances.  I'm also wondering if you feel that happiness is basically founded on lies?  

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alfred Landman 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  Hi Karilen Mays. Yesterday we took out the boat. It was cold. We drank hot soup and watched the birds. At home a book looked at me. Come and see. In The Wild Duck there is an "idealist," Gregers Werle, who continually talks as though he had been reading Ibsen's previous plays. He returns to his hometown after an extended exile and meddles in the affairs of a strange family, producing disastrous results. Living in a house whose closets are chock-full of skeletons. Over the course of the play the many secrets that lie behind the Ekdals' apparently happy home are revealed to Gregers, who insists on pursuing the absolute truth, or the "Summons of the Ideal". This family has achieved a tolerable modus vivendi by ignoring the skeletons (among the secrets: Gregers' father impregnated his servant Gina then married her off to Hjalmar to legitimize the child, and Hjalmar's father has been disgraced and imprisoned for a crime the elder Werle committed.) and by permitting each member to live in a dreamworld of his own-the feckless father believing himself to be a great inventor, the grandfather dwelling on the past when he was a mighty sportsman, and little Hedvig, the child, centering her emotional life around an attic where a wounded wild duck leads a crippled existence in a make-believe forest.To the idealist all this appears intolerable; it must seem that the whole family is leading a life "based on a lie"; all sorts of evils are "growing in the dark". The remedy is obviously to face facts, to speak frankly, to let in the light. However, in this play the revelation of the truth is not a happy event because it rips up the foundation of the Ekdal family. When the skeletons are brought out of the closet, the whole dreamworld collapses; the weak husband thinks it is his duty to leave his wife, and the little girl, after trying to sacrifice her precious duck, shoots herself with the same gun. One of the famous quotes from the doctor Relling who built up and maintained the lies the family is founded on is "If you take away the lie of life from an average human, you take away his happiness at the same time." And a merry Christmas to all of you, Friends. AL


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From irenedarcy at gmail.com  Sun Dec 23 15:48:41 2007
From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 15:56:06 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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KI:  Alfred, sad story.  What was Werle's motivation for 'meddling' in the
'strange' family's affairs?  Simply the pursuit of 'truth'?  There's a lot
to think about in this story.  Starting with 'is there an 'absolute'
anything.
A  'tolerable modus vivendi'  isn't the same thing as 'happiness', and the
question emerges as to who is responsible for the little girl's suicide.  If
Werle had known what the outcome would be, would he have pursued 'truth' or
encouraged the family to confront 'truth'?  If he simply wanted to be
friends with the family, and had known how fragile their lives were, could
he and the family have worked out a way to do this?

On Dec 23, 2007 8:45 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>  Hi Alfred.  I'm wondering where you get the designation of idealist for
> Werle?  He doesn't sound like an idealist to me from the description you are
> giving here.  He sounds like a realist, someone who believes in an absolute
> truth "out there" outside of us.  The little girl sounds more like an
> idealist, someone who believes that happiness is a state of mind that can be
> created by each of us regardless of our circumstances.  I'm also wondering
> if you feel that happiness is basically founded on lies?
>
> Susan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Alfred Landman <landmana@yahoo.com>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:15 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>
> Hi Karilen Mays. Yesterday we took out the boat. It was cold. We drank hot
> soup and watched the birds. At home a book looked at me. Come and see. In
> The Wild Duck there is an "idealist," Gregers Werle, who continually talks
> as though he had been reading Ibsen's previous plays. He returns to his
> hometown after an extended exile and meddles in the affairs of a strange
> family, producing disastrous results. Living in a house whose closets are
> chock-full of skeletons. Over the course of the play the many secrets that
> lie behind the Ekdals' apparently happy home are revealed to Gregers, who
> insists on pursuing the absolute truth, or the "Summons of the Ideal". This
> family has achieved a tolerable modus vivendi by ignoring the skeletons
> (among the secrets: Gregers' father impregnated his servant Gina then
> married her off to Hjalmar to legitimize the child, and Hjalmar's father has
> been disgraced and imprisoned for a crime the elder Werle committed.) and by
> permitting each member to live in a dreamworld of his own?the feckless
> father believing himself to be a great inventor, the grandfather dwelling on
> the past when he was a mighty sportsman, and little Hedvig, the child,
> centering her emotional life around an attic where a wounded wild duck leads
> a crippled existence in a make-believe forest.To the idealist all this
> appears intolerable; it must seem that the whole family is leading a life
> "based on a lie"; all sorts of evils are "growing in the dark". The remedy
> is obviously to face facts, to speak frankly, to let in the light. However,
> in this play the revelation of the truth is not a happy event because it
> rips up the foundation of the Ekdal family. When the skeletons are brought
> out of the closet, the whole dreamworld collapses; the weak husband thinks
> it is his duty to leave his wife, and the little girl, after trying to
> sacrifice her precious duck, shoots herself with the same gun. One of the
> famous quotes from the doctor Relling who built up and maintained the lies
> the family is founded on is "If you take away the lie of life from an
> average human, you take away his happiness at the same time." And a merry
> Christmas to all of you, Friends. AL
>
>
>
>
>
>
> info: www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>
>


-- 
Irene
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Dec 23 15:54:09 2007
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 16:01:35 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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Oh, I see, you took it straight out of Wikipedia.  Have you read the book?

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Susan Clemons 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 6:45 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  Hi Alfred.  I'm wondering where you get the designation of idealist for Werle?  He doesn't sound like an idealist to me from the description you are giving here.  He sounds like a realist, someone who believes in an absolute truth "out there" outside of us.  The little girl sounds more like an idealist, someone who believes that happiness is a state of mind that can be created by each of us regardless of our circumstances.  I'm also wondering if you feel that happiness is basically founded on lies?  

  Susan

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Alfred Landman 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:15 PM
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


    Hi Karilen Mays. Yesterday we took out the boat. It was cold. We drank hot soup and watched the birds. At home a book looked at me. Come and see. In The Wild Duck there is an "idealist," Gregers Werle, who continually talks as though he had been reading Ibsen's previous plays. He returns to his hometown after an extended exile and meddles in the affairs of a strange family, producing disastrous results. Living in a house whose closets are chock-full of skeletons. Over the course of the play the many secrets that lie behind the Ekdals' apparently happy home are revealed to Gregers, who insists on pursuing the absolute truth, or the "Summons of the Ideal". This family has achieved a tolerable modus vivendi by ignoring the skeletons (among the secrets: Gregers' father impregnated his servant Gina then married her off to Hjalmar to legitimize the child, and Hjalmar's father has been disgraced and imprisoned for a crime the elder Werle committed.) and by permitting each member to live in a dreamworld of his own-the feckless father believing himself to be a great inventor, the grandfather dwelling on the past when he was a mighty sportsman, and little Hedvig, the child, centering her emotional life around an attic where a wounded wild duck leads a crippled existence in a make-believe forest.To the idealist all this appears intolerable; it must seem that the whole family is leading a life "based on a lie"; all sorts of evils are "growing in the dark". The remedy is obviously to face facts, to speak frankly, to let in the light. However, in this play the revelation of the truth is not a happy event because it rips up the foundation of the Ekdal family. When the skeletons are brought out of the closet, the whole dreamworld collapses; the weak husband thinks it is his duty to leave his wife, and the little girl, after trying to sacrifice her precious duck, shoots herself with the same gun. One of the famous quotes from the doctor Relling who built up and maintained the lies the family is founded on is "If you take away the lie of life from an average human, you take away his happiness at the same time." And a merry Christmas to all of you, Friends. AL


     


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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 16:28:42 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessYes, I agree Lynn.  It seems to me that learning to understand my own uniqueness has meant learning that the idea of uniqueness and individuality requires the idea of being separate or alone in my beingness of who I am.  At the same time that same individuality and uniqueness is created out of my connections to others.  Learning to appreciate both the "aloneness" that is my unique individuality and at the same time the connections to everything else that helps to create that individuality has been quite a challenge for me.  It's an ongoing process but I find myself coming to terms with it more and more.

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lynne Tolk 
  To: BohmDialogue 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  There are enough powerful questions here to fuel dialogue for all 2008 and beyond!  Thanks for all of them.   I have been in the place you describe many times.  Been in and out a lot this past year,  having been confronted with loss and mortality.  That sense of isolation and aloneness can be devastating.  But I've noticed that just as relationships can be used as a denial of aloneness, so can that experience of aloneness be used as a denial of connectedness.  It's never an either-or.  I am separate.  And I am connected to everyone, even those I fear.  Perhaps the challenge for the future is to learn how to honor the individual and at the same time learn how to extend a real experience of connection beyond the old family/tribe/nation to global and beyond to embrace all beings.

  Lynne
  On 12/22/07 12:08 PM, "Karilen Mays" <tubakari@yahoo.com> wrote:


    Hello, group exploring online,
     
    There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
     
    The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
     
    Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 
     
    But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.
     
    The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
     
    On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
     
    Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
     
    Love,
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story seems like a primary reality. you can tell stories in pictures, or in preliterate oochie coochie coo sounds and movements. I don't know if there is a language that doesn't describe... I don't think so... what would be the use?
I think that poems are much better with a thread of story that the language can condense on. A poet once explained it to me as a plumbline, which was an image I found very helpful.
I thought Kari's story was moving and personal but when Susan condensed it it seemed to get more powerful because it both gave the essentials of Kari's story and at the same time made it more recognisable to me (and I am assuming others) as relating to my own story. Does that make sense?


From: donlay@knology.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:36:19 -0500




Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?  -- Susan
 
Maybe in the end, language tells a story in the sense that it is descriptive.
 
Is language necessarily descriptive?  
 
Is there a language that does not describe, and in that sense does not tell a storey? -- dl
 
 
From: rob mooney 

To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:21 PM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
hmm. yes.


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:19:10 -0700


Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?
 
Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Don Lay 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness

Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.
 
Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl
 
 
 
 

From: rob mooney 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700


This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  
 
playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari
 
emotionally raw
deep, deep, tension 
large, and warm
I did not plan it
so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
maybe not
a sense of separation, of woundedness
doubting if I really know anything, 
am I am just a joke of a person?
yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
can I trust my nature to take care of me?
so far I'm still here...or something is
so this is just where I am at
 
Can't think of anything that says is better than that.
 
Susan
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Karilen Mays 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


Hello, group exploring online,
 
There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
 
The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
 
Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 
 
But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.
 
The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
 
On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
 
Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
 
Love,
Kari
 
 
 

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you could have worse things Don


From: donlay@knology.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a lineDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:51:11 -0500



Yes, I agree.
 
Locally, a friend said I have Heraclitus-itus.
 
 
 

From: Irene Darcy 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
K:  Kari's was beautiful; this one's hilarious.  Enjoyable, all.
On Dec 22, 2007 7:18 PM, rob mooney < rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

One Don was fond of his reasonThe other thought acting was treasonAnd old HeraclitusCaught encephalitisWhich buggered his holiday season  

From: donlay@knology.net 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a lineDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:49 -0500 




Meaning is reason
Reason is meaning
 
This is the season
For reasonable leaning
 
Toward the idea
Of reason and meaning
 
 
 
From: Irene Darcy 

To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
I:  Who can?    We can - just so    The !@#$    Doesn't hit the fan!
On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, donald factor < DFACTOR@dc.rr.com> wrote:

Reason and meaning. 
Two little words.
What do they mean?
What is their reason?
Do they count when
Disaster is all around?
And who does 
the counting?
Who can?

don


On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Don Lay wrote:


disaster all around
and so i try
to participate
in bohm dialogue
as we sleep 
 
clearly reason and meaning
make the self a self
and reason and meaning
are not jokes
 
 
From: Karilen Mays 

To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line





disaster all around
and so i try
to participate
in bohm dialogue
as we sleep 
 
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Date: Sun Dec 23 16:39:55 2007
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?There is no light without shadow and no psychic wholeness without
imperfection. To round itself out, life...calls not for perfection but for
completeness: and for this the "thorn in the flesh" is needed, the suffering
of defects without which there is no progress and no ascent.?
-C.G. Jung 

No, I am not Peter, nor objecting to his being unsubscribed.  The shadow
must not be allowed to run rampant.   But if he is in some sense a
manifestation of a collective shadow, what would that represent for each of
us?

Lynne

On 12/22/07 5:07 PM, "Don Lay" <donlay@knology.net> wrote:

> Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
> bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com
> but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as
> humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. -- admin
>  
> Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the
> following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually directed
> to one of Peter's addresses:
>  
> [was something about Failure]
>  
> If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it reasonable to
> expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the ignoring of or
> distortion of reason and meaning?
>  
> It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point --
> meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and meaning,
> to occur in place of dialogue.
>  
> Some questions occur:
>  
> May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
> Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
>  
> When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication
> possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?
>  
> My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable, rational and
> meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl
> 
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Definitely makes sense ? what I love about poetry.

On 12/23/07 8:29 AM, "rob mooney" <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> story seems like a primary reality. you can tell stories in pictures, or in
> preliterate oochie coochie coo sounds and movements. I don't know if there is
> a language that doesn't describe... I don't think so... what would be the use?
> I think that poems are much better with a thread of story that the language
> can condense on. A poet once explained it to me as a plumbline, which was an
> image I found very helpful.
> I thought Kari's story was moving and personal but when Susan condensed it it
> seemed to get more powerful because it both gave the essentials of Kari's
> story and at the same time made it more recognisable to me (and I am assuming
> others) as relating to my own story. Does that make sense?
> 
>> 
>> From: donlay@knology.net
>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:36:19 -0500
>> 
>> Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?  -- Susan
>>  
>> Maybe in the end, language tells a story in the sense that it is descriptive.
>>  
>> Is language necessarily descriptive?
>>  
>> Is there a language that does not describe, and in that sense does not tell a
>> storey? -- dl
>>  
>>  
>> From: rob mooney <mailto:rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:21 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>>> 
>>> hmm. yes.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
>>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:19:10 -0700
>>>> 
>>>> Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?
>>>>  
>>>> Susan
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Don Lay <mailto:donlay@knology.net>
>>>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:15 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl
>>>>>  
>>>>>  
>>>>>  
>>>>>  <http://www.knology.net/~donlay/>
>>>>>> From: rob mooney <mailto:rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
>>>>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
>>>>>> Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and
>>>>>> selected version seems very powerful. universal.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
>>>>>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>>>>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost
>>>>>>> overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read
>>>>>>> in a long time.
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> emotionally raw
>>>>>>> deep, deep, tension
>>>>>>> large, and warm
>>>>>>> I did not plan it
>>>>>>> so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here,
>>>>>>> maybe not
>>>>>>> a sense of separation, of woundedness
>>>>>>> doubting if I really know anything,
>>>>>>> am I am just a joke of a person?
>>>>>>> yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
>>>>>>> can I trust my nature to take care of me?
>>>>>>> so far I'm still here...or something is
>>>>>>> so this is just where I am at
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> Can't think of anything that says is better than that.
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> Susan

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Wow, this is really good Rob.  It makes a lot of sense to me.  So maybe we could say that poetry draws out the essence of experience but unless we have a story of experience to relate the essence to it can sometimes be too universal for us pick up on or something like that.  Hmmmmmmm..........I'm going to have to think about this some more obviously.  But I think you've really hit on something important here Rob.  For me, when I read a story I can almost always see the poetry but when I read poetry I sometimes have difficulty finding the story.  

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  story seems like a primary reality. you can tell stories in pictures, or in preliterate oochie coochie coo sounds and movements. I don't know if there is a language that doesn't describe... I don't think so... what would be the use?
  I think that poems are much better with a thread of story that the language can condense on. A poet once explained it to me as a plumbline, which was an image I found very helpful.
  I thought Kari's story was moving and personal but when Susan condensed it it seemed to get more powerful because it both gave the essentials of Kari's story and at the same time made it more recognisable to me (and I am assuming others) as relating to my own story. Does that make sense?



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    From: donlay@knology.net
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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    Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?  -- Susan

    Maybe in the end, language tells a story in the sense that it is descriptive.

    Is language necessarily descriptive?  

    Is there a language that does not describe, and in that sense does not tell a storey? -- dl


    From: rob mooney 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:21 PM
      Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


      hmm. yes.



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        From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
        Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:19:10 -0700


        Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?

        Susan
          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Don Lay 
          To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
          Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:15 PM
          Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


          Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.

          Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl




            From: rob mooney 
            To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
            Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
            Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


            no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.



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              To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
              Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
              Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700


              This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  

              playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari

              emotionally raw
              deep, deep, tension 
              large, and warm
              I did not plan it
              so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
              maybe not
              a sense of separation, of woundedness
              doubting if I really know anything, 
              am I am just a joke of a person?
              yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
              can I trust my nature to take care of me?
              so far I'm still here...or something is
              so this is just where I am at

              Can't think of anything that says is better than that.

              Susan


                ----- Original Message ----- 
                From: Karilen Mays 
                To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
                Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


                Hello, group exploring online,

                There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)

                The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 

                Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 

                But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.

                The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.

                On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?

                Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...

                Love,
                Kari





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Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?


From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.comSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from adminDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgI am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit. 

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On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:


Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. -- admin
 
Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually directed to one of Peter's addresses:
 

[was something about Failure]
 
If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it reasonable to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning?
 
It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point -- meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
 
Some questions occur: 
 
May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
 
When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?
 
My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable, rational and meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl
 
bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org wrote: 
You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue
 
 
 
 
 
The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed, 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
 
The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii much here, among yoUs.
 
Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so he "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).
 
Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).
 
Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
 
Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go away" because of this move(away).
 
Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly' about (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once, just once, being able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it takgive place, time (tice)... dobeing touched (penetration, see above) by it. Once again you findy that groupi strength ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title: "Acting & Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities, softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
 
Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing, pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of "self&awareness"). 
 
Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE, thusly, a part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like Bohm's story about the woman who keeps beating herself (while) under the i'm-pressure to be under attack: the attacked=the attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go 'ahead', and keep beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that the-observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
 
ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.
 
Tschuess  )(


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Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter.
 
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Ooooooooooh,
noooooooooo
problema, senor
 
will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))
 
ciao
 
cheers
 
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  From: rob mooney 
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  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:29 AM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  story seems like a primary reality. you can tell stories in pictures, or in preliterate oochie coochie coo sounds and movements. I don't know if there is a language that doesn't describe... I don't think so... what would be the use?
  I think that poems are much better with a thread of story that the language can condense on. A poet once explained it to me as a plumbline, which was an image I found very helpful.
  I thought Kari's story was moving and personal but when Susan condensed it it seemed to get more powerful because it both gave the essentials of Kari's story and at the same time made it more recognisable to me (and I am assuming others) as relating to my own story. Does that make sense?



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    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
    Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:36:19 -0500


    Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?  -- Susan

    Maybe in the end, language tells a story in the sense that it is descriptive.

    Is language necessarily descriptive?  

    Is there a language that does not describe, and in that sense does not tell a storey? -- dl


    From: rob mooney 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:21 PM
      Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


      hmm. yes.



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        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
        Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:19:10 -0700


        Or simply that there's something universally poetic about stories?

        Susan
          ----- Original Message ----- 
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          Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:15 PM
          Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


          Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.

          Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl




            From: rob mooney 
            To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
            Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:08 PM
            Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


            no I can't think of anything to say either. except the condensed and selected version seems very powerful. universal.



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              To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
              Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
              Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:59:57 -0700


              This is such an incredibly beautiful post Kari that I feel almost overwhelmed by it.  It reads more like poetry than anything I have read in a long time.  

              playing with  thoughts of woundedness and aloneness by Kari

              emotionally raw
              deep, deep, tension 
              large, and warm
              I did not plan it
              so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, 
              maybe not
              a sense of separation, of woundedness
              doubting if I really know anything, 
              am I am just a joke of a person?
              yet I know my capacity to experience  is beyond what I seem to know
              can I trust my nature to take care of me?
              so far I'm still here...or something is
              so this is just where I am at

              Can't think of anything that says is better than that.

              Susan


                ----- Original Message ----- 
                From: Karilen Mays 
                To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:08 PM
                Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


                Hello, group exploring online,

                There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)

                The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 

                Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 

                But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.

                The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.

                On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?

                Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...

                Love,
                Kari





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From: donlay at knology.net (Don Lay)
Date: Sun Dec 23 16:50:11 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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Thanks.  I needed that.

I agree. -- dl


From: rob mooney 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:29 AM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


  you could have worse things Don



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    From: donlay@knology.net
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
    Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:51:11 -0500


    Yes, I agree.

    Locally, a friend said I have Heraclitus-itus.



      From: Irene Darcy 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:35 PM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


      K:  Kari's was beautiful; this one's hilarious.  Enjoyable, all.


      On Dec 22, 2007 7:18 PM, rob mooney < rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

        One Don was fond of his reason
        The other thought acting was treason
        And old Heraclitus
        Caught encephalitis
        Which buggered his holiday season
         
         

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        From: donlay@knology.net 

        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org

        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line

        Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:49 -0500 




          Meaning is reason
          Reason is meaning

          This is the season
          For reasonable leaning

          Toward the idea
          Of reason and meaning



          From: Irene Darcy 
            To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
            Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:46 PM
            Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


            I:  Who can?
                We can - just so
                The !@#$
                Doesn't hit the fan!


            On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, donald factor < DFACTOR@dc.rr.com> wrote:

              Reason and meaning. 
              Two little words.
              What do they mean?
              What is their reason?
              Do they count when
              Disaster is all around?
              And who does 
              the counting?
              Who can?


              don


              On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Don Lay wrote:


                disaster all around
                and so i try
                to participate
                in bohm dialogue
                as we sleep 

                clearly reason and meaning
                make the self a self
                and reason and meaning
                are not jokes


                From: Karilen Mays 
                  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:50 PM
                  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line




                  disaster all around
                  and so i try
                  to participate
                  in bohm dialogue
                  as we sleep 

                  From: Karilen Mays 
                    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                    Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:21 PM 
                    Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line 





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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 16:52:23 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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language differences are of degree rather than kind though. You can learn to understand another language. And even with English (or is it American) - i like ee cummings though sometimes his stuff seems almost as dislocated as Pit's. there is a kernel though or a strange attractor. There might be with Peter too, I just can't see it.


From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.comSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:34:01 -0800To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org

On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Don Lay wrote:

Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.
 
Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl
 But only if you speak the same language as the poet. 

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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 16:53:17 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
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Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment he starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone who joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose of trolling and/or spamming.  

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rob mooney 
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  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


  Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?


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    From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
    Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org

    I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit. 


    don


    On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:


      Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. -- admin


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From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 16:53:20 2007
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KI:  That's all I ever wanted him to do - be civil.  Be honest and civil at
the same time.  And that's what he's forced to do now that his 'arsey'
persona is unsubscribed.  Make no mistake - s/he's still here.  Hello, Pit.

On Dec 23, 2007 10:38 AM, rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>  Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being
> personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?
>
> ------------------------------
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800
>
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name,
> possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she
> wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any
> hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot
> that AEB was pit.
> don
>
>  On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
>  Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
> bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own
> server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. --
> admin
>
> Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the
> following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually
> directed to one of Peter's addresses:
>
>  [was something about Failure]
>
> If dialogue, from the Greek *dia logos* indicates reason, is it reasonable
> to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the ignoring
> of or distortion of reason and meaning?
>
> It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point -- *
> meaningful* -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and
> meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
>
> Some questions occur:
>
> May *meaningful *communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
> Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
>
> When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication
> possible?  Is *meaningful communication* possible?
>
> My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable, rational
> and meaningful and are therefore, *dialogical.*  -dl
>
>
>
>
>
> *bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org <http:///>* wrote:
>
> You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed,
> 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
>
> The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii much
> here, among yoUs.
>
> Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so he
> "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so
> you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at --the core of--
> dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
>
> Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go away"
> because of this move(away).
>
> Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly' about
> (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once, just once, being
> able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it takgive place, time (tice)...
> dobeing touched (penetration, see above) by it. Once again you findy that
> groupi strength ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title:
> "Acting & Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the
> camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities,
> softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so
> pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
>
> Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing,
> pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of "self&awareness").
>
> Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE, thusly, a
> part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like Bohm's story about
> the woman who keeps beating herself (while) under the i'm-pressure to be
> under attack: the attacked=the attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go
> 'ahead', and keep beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that
> the-observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
>
> ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.
>
> Tschuess  )(
>
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> *From:* dialogue-admin <admin@david-bohm.net>
>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:01 PM
> *Subject:* [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
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>   Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
> bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own
> server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter.
>
> admin
>
>
>
>
> Return-Path: <humanimal@thinkg.net>
> Delivery-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:19:10 +0100
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> Ooooooooooh,
> noooooooooo
> problema, senor
>
> will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))
>
> ciao
>
> cheers
>
> .... later ... (wellaugh: soooon)
>
> humanimal
>
>
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KI:  That works for me, too.

On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>  Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment he
> starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone who
> joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose of
> trolling and/or spamming.
>
> Susan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
> *Subject:* RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>
> Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being
> personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?
>
> ------------------------------
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name,
> possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she
> wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any
> hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot
> that AEB was pit.
> don
>
>  On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
>  Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
> bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own
> server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. --
> admin
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From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 16:59:01 2007
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KI:  Wait - not good enough.  All people who insult others aren't doing it
for reasons of trolling-spaming.  There are people who do it in real life,
and not in the context of cyberspace.  Some learned it from verbally abusive
parents.  So I would like to see insults, for whatever reason, be
unacceptable.

On Dec 23, 2007 10:47 AM, Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:

> KI:  That works for me, too.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net >
> wrote:
>
> >  Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment he
> > starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone who
> > joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose of
> > trolling and/or spamming.
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >  *From:* rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
> > *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
> > *Subject:* RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> >
> > Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being
> > personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> > Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> > Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800
> > To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> >
> > I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name,
> > possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she
> > wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any
> > hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot
> > that AEB was pit.
> > don
> >
> >  On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:
> >
> >  Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
> > bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as
> > a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own
> > server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter.
> > -- admin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > info: www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Irene




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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:05:00 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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that is a good story, I like the end (which is not an end) and i am pleased for you.


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:21:17 -0700



Yes, I agree Lynn.  It seems to me that learning to understand my own uniqueness has meant learning that the idea of uniqueness and individuality requires the idea of being separate or alone in my beingness of who I am.  At the same time that same individuality and uniqueness is created out of my connections to others.  Learning to appreciate both the "aloneness" that is my unique individuality and at the same time the connections to everything else that helps to create that individuality has been quite a challenge for me.  It's an ongoing process but I find myself coming to terms with it more and more.
 
Susan
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lynne Tolk 
To: BohmDialogue 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
There are enough powerful questions here to fuel dialogue for all 2008 and beyond!  Thanks for all of them.   I have been in the place you describe many times.  Been in and out a lot this past year,  having been confronted with loss and mortality.  That sense of isolation and aloneness can be devastating.  But I?ve noticed that just as relationships can be used as a denial of aloneness, so can that experience of aloneness be used as a denial of connectedness.  It?s never an either-or.  I am separate.  And I am connected to everyone, even those I fear.  Perhaps the challenge for the future is to learn how to honor the individual and at the same time learn how to extend a real experience of connection beyond the old family/tribe/nation to global and beyond to embrace all beings.LynneOn 12/22/07 12:08 PM, "Karilen Mays" <tubakari@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello, group exploring online, There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.) The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation.  Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone.  But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is. The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at. On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we? Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all... Love,Kari 



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From: donlay at knology.net (Don Lay)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:05:03 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.

It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy of the particular tribal or social order one is in.  

That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl




  From: rob mooney 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:29 AM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


  you could have worse things Don



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    From: donlay@knology.net
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
    Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:51:11 -0500


    Yes, I agree.

    Locally, a friend said I have Heraclitus-itus.



      From: Irene Darcy 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:35 PM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


      K:  Kari's was beautiful; this one's hilarious.  Enjoyable, all.


      On Dec 22, 2007 7:18 PM, rob mooney < rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

        One Don was fond of his reason
        The other thought acting was treason
        And old Heraclitus
        Caught encephalitis
        Which buggered his holiday season
         
         

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        From: donlay@knology.net 

        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org

        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line

        Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:57:49 -0500 




          Meaning is reason
          Reason is meaning

          This is the season
          For reasonable leaning

          Toward the idea
          Of reason and meaning



          From: Irene Darcy 
            To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
            Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:46 PM
            Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


            I:  Who can?
                We can - just so
                The !@#$
                Doesn't hit the fan!


            On Dec 22, 2007 4:39 PM, donald factor < DFACTOR@dc.rr.com> wrote:

              Reason and meaning. 
              Two little words.
              What do they mean?
              What is their reason?
              Do they count when
              Disaster is all around?
              And who does 
              the counting?
              Who can?


              don


              On Dec 22, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Don Lay wrote:


                disaster all around
                and so i try
                to participate
                in bohm dialogue
                as we sleep 

                clearly reason and meaning
                make the self a self
                and reason and meaning
                are not jokes


                From: Karilen Mays 
                  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:50 PM
                  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line




                  disaster all around
                  and so i try
                  to participate
                  in bohm dialogue
                  as we sleep 

                  From: Karilen Mays 
                    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
                    Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 2:21 PM 
                    Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line 





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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:06:15 2007
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Being insulting doesn't bother me in the least.  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment.  I don't care what kind of language someone uses or what they say as long as they are genuinely interested in dialoguing.  In other words, if a deliberate insult is thrown out in the heat of the moment, no big deal, that's part of how we've learned to communicate with each other and is worth inquiring into.  However, if that's all that's done and there's no effort made to look at the communication and inquire into our interactions then it's a different story.  

Susan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Irene Darcy 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:51 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


  KI:  Wait - not good enough.  All people who insult others aren't doing it for reasons of trolling-spaming.  There are people who do it in real life, and not in the context of cyberspace.  Some learned it from verbally abusive parents.  So I would like to see insults, for whatever reason, be unacceptable. 


  On Dec 23, 2007 10:47 AM, Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:

    KI:  That works for me, too.


    On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons < Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net > wrote:

      Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment he starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone who joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose of trolling and/or spamming.  

      Susan

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: rob mooney 
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
        Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
        Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


        Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?


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From: donlay at knology.net (Don Lay)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:08:44 2007
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This is close to my view also. -- dl


  From: Susan Clemons 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


  Being insulting doesn't bother me in the least.  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment.  I don't care what kind of language someone uses or what they say as long as they are genuinely interested in dialoguing.  In other words, if a deliberate insult is thrown out in the heat of the moment, no big deal, that's part of how we've learned to communicate with each other and is worth inquiring into.  However, if that's all that's done and there's no effort made to look at the communication and inquire into our interactions then it's a different story.  

  Susan
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Irene Darcy 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:51 AM
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


    KI:  Wait - not good enough.  All people who insult others aren't doing it for reasons of trolling-spaming.  There are people who do it in real life, and not in the context of cyberspace.  Some learned it from verbally abusive parents.  So I would like to see insults, for whatever reason, be unacceptable. 


    On Dec 23, 2007 10:47 AM, Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:

      KI:  That works for me, too.


      On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons < Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net > wrote:

        Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment he starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone who joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose of trolling and/or spamming.  

        Susan

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: rob mooney 
          To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
          Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
          Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


          Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?


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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:10:02 2007
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Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl?

Susan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Lay 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


  I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.

  It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy of the particular tribal or social order one is in.  

  That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl




    From: rob mooney 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:29 AM
    Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


    you could have worse things Don



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      From: donlay@knology.net
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
      Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:51:11 -0500


      Yes, I agree.

      Locally, a friend said I have Heraclitus-itus.

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Date: Sun Dec 23 17:14:51 2007
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yes this is interesting but the shadow itself is not beyond discrimination. There is the happy dark which creativity demands we suffer and then there is the dark of pitfalls and broken souls which should be avoided while any hope of doing so remains...
 
- - portentious troll (under the bridge)  


Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:32:31 -0700Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from adminFrom: lynne@lifedirectionscoach.comTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
?There is no light without shadow and no psychic wholeness without imperfection. To round itself out, life...calls not for perfection but for completeness: and for this the "thorn in the flesh" is needed, the suffering of defects without which there is no progress and no ascent.?-C.G. Jung No, I am not Peter, nor objecting to his being unsubscribed.  The shadow must not be allowed to run rampant.   But if he is in some sense a manifestation of a collective shadow, what would that represent for each of us?LynneOn 12/22/07 5:07 PM, "Don Lay" <donlay@knology.net> wrote:
Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. -- admin Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually directed to one of Peter's addresses:[was something about Failure] If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it reasonable to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning? It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point -- meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and meaning, to occur in place of dialogue. Some questions occur:  May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning? When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication possible?  Is meaningful communication possible? My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable, rational and meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl 
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KI:  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a
compliment.

Have you been reading Byron Katie?  Frankly, I think she's way off base.
The point is, your view isn't the view everyone has. And there is no one
'truth' of that issue.  How would you, personally, distinguish verbal abuse
from insults?

On Dec 23, 2007 10:58 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>  Being insulting doesn't bother me in the least.  What one person
> interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment.  I don't care
> what kind of language someone uses or what they say as long as they are
> genuinely interested in dialoguing.  In other words, if a deliberate insult
> is thrown out in the heat of the moment, no big deal, that's part of how
> we've learned to communicate with each other and is worth inquiring into.
> However, if that's all that's done and there's no effort made to look at the
> communication and inquire into our interactions then it's a different
> story.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:51 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>
> KI:  Wait - not good enough.  All people who insult others aren't doing it
> for reasons of trolling-spaming.  There are people who do it in real life,
> and not in the context of cyberspace.  Some learned it from verbally abusive
> parents.  So I would like to see insults, for whatever reason, be
> unacceptable.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 10:47 AM, Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > KI:  That works for me, too.
> >
> >   On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons < Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >   Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment
> > > he starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone
> > > who joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose of
> > > trolling and/or spamming.
> > >
> > > Susan
> > >
> > >
> > >  ----- Original Message -----
> > > *From:* rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
> > > *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> > >  *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
> > > *Subject:* RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> > >
> > > Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't
> > > being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?
> > >
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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:15:56 2007
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Thanks Rob.  So, is there a poem here?

Susan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  that is a good story, I like the end (which is not an end) and i am pleased for you.



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    From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
    Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:21:17 -0700


    Yes, I agree Lynn.  It seems to me that learning to understand my own uniqueness has meant learning that the idea of uniqueness and individuality requires the idea of being separate or alone in my beingness of who I am.  At the same time that same individuality and uniqueness is created out of my connections to others.  Learning to appreciate both the "aloneness" that is my unique individuality and at the same time the connections to everything else that helps to create that individuality has been quite a challenge for me.  It's an ongoing process but I find myself coming to terms with it more and more.

    Susan

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Lynne Tolk 
      To: BohmDialogue 
      Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:10 PM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


      There are enough powerful questions here to fuel dialogue for all 2008 and beyond!  Thanks for all of them.   I have been in the place you describe many times.  Been in and out a lot this past year,  having been confronted with loss and mortality.  That sense of isolation and aloneness can be devastating.  But I?ve noticed that just as relationships can be used as a denial of aloneness, so can that experience of aloneness be used as a denial of connectedness.  It?s never an either-or.  I am separate.  And I am connected to everyone, even those I fear.  Perhaps the challenge for the future is to learn how to honor the individual and at the same time learn how to extend a real experience of connection beyond the old family/tribe/nation to global and beyond to embrace all beings.

      Lynne
      On 12/22/07 12:08 PM, "Karilen Mays" <tubakari@yahoo.com> wrote:


        Hello, group exploring online,
         
        There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
         
        The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
         
        Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 
         
        But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.
         
        The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
         
        On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
         
        Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
         
        Love,
        Kari
         


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I agree with this Susan. Thats why I forgave you when you called me a troll. :-)


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from adminDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:58:52 -0700



Being insulting doesn't bother me in the least.  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment.  I don't care what kind of language someone uses or what they say as long as they are genuinely interested in dialoguing.  In other words, if a deliberate insult is thrown out in the heat of the moment, no big deal, that's part of how we've learned to communicate with each other and is worth inquiring into.  However, if that's all that's done and there's no effort made to look at the communication and inquire into our interactions then it's a different story.  
 
Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Irene Darcy 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
KI:  Wait - not good enough.  All people who insult others aren't doing it for reasons of trolling-spaming.  There are people who do it in real life, and not in the context of cyberspace.  Some learned it from verbally abusive parents.  So I would like to see insults, for whatever reason, be unacceptable. 
On Dec 23, 2007 10:47 AM, Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:
KI:  That works for me, too.



On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons < Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net > wrote:





Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment he starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone who joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose of trolling and/or spamming.  
 
Susan
 


----- Original Message ----- 
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To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 

Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
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Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?



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Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl? -- Susan

Nice laugh!

We could assume the adequacy of identity instead inquiring, instead of asking the meaning that the Greek logos referenced by db/thought is or has been translated, interpreted as meaning.

Instead of investigating Heraclitus, who was the first to suggest that the logos was hidden order, we could act and pretend the language appropriate for social reality was adequate for inquiry and thusly, talk about ourselves instead of what db/wrote about.

That is, instead of talking about the relationship of db/thought to Greek thought, we could talk about ourselves.  -- dl



  From: Susan Clemons 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:02 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


  Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl?

  Susan
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Don Lay 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


    I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.

    It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy of the particular tribal or social order one is in.  

    That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl




      From: rob mooney 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:29 AM
      Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


      you could have worse things Don



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        Yes, I agree.

        Locally, a friend said I have Heraclitus-itus.




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'nature loves to hide' I think Heracltus said that. I'll let you be in my poem, if I can be in yours...


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a lineDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:02:41 -0700



Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl?
 
Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Don Lay 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line

I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.
 
It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy of the particular tribal or social order one is in.  
 
That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl
 
 
 
 

From: rob mooney 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:29 AM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
you could have worse things Don


From: donlay@knology.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a lineDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:51:11 -0500


Yes, I agree.
 
Locally, a friend said I have Heraclitus-itus.
 
 
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Peter is sending unsollicited emails and tries to make it look as if they
come through the bohm_dialogue list server. He uses the following email
addresses: humanimal@thinkg.net or a.debakey@yahoo.com
 
If you feel bothered by this please go to http://help.yahoo
com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-33.html where you find instructions
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I wasn't trying to give everyone's view or any kind of truth, just my own view.  I'm not sure what insults and verbal abuse have to do with Peter being banned.  As I have said, the only reason I wanted him banned was because the purpose of trolling and spamming is to interrupt the dialoged and run people off.  

When it comes to verbal abuse and insults it would help to have a context to put your question in.  Is there something particular about insults and verbal abuse that you have experienced that you would like to dialogue about?

Susan  
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  KI:  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment. 

  Have you been reading Byron Katie?  Frankly, I think she's way off base.  The point is, your view isn't the view everyone has. And there is no one 'truth' of that issue.  How would you, personally, distinguish verbal abuse from insults? 

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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:29:11 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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You know the answer. Poems are funny they require a sacrifice of energy and attention to the unformulate. they can wake you up in the wee hours and follow you for days, weeks, months...


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:08:32 -0700



Thanks Rob.  So, is there a poem here?
 
Susan

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To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
that is a good story, I like the end (which is not an end) and i am pleased for you.


From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.netTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:21:17 -0700


Yes, I agree Lynn.  It seems to me that learning to understand my own uniqueness has meant learning that the idea of uniqueness and individuality requires the idea of being separate or alone in my beingness of who I am.  At the same time that same individuality and uniqueness is created out of my connections to others.  Learning to appreciate both the "aloneness" that is my unique individuality and at the same time the connections to everything else that helps to create that individuality has been quite a challenge for me.  It's an ongoing process but I find myself coming to terms with it more and more.
 
Susan
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lynne Tolk 
To: BohmDialogue 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
There are enough powerful questions here to fuel dialogue for all 2008 and beyond!  Thanks for all of them.   I have been in the place you describe many times.  Been in and out a lot this past year,  having been confronted with loss and mortality.  That sense of isolation and aloneness can be devastating.  But I?ve noticed that just as relationships can be used as a denial of aloneness, so can that experience of aloneness be used as a denial of connectedness.  It?s never an either-or.  I am separate.  And I am connected to everyone, even those I fear.  Perhaps the challenge for the future is to learn how to honor the individual and at the same time learn how to extend a real experience of connection beyond the old family/tribe/nation to global and beyond to embrace all beings.LynneOn 12/22/07 12:08 PM, "Karilen Mays" <tubakari@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello, group exploring online, There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.) The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation.  Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone.  But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is. The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at. On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we? Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all... Love,Kari 


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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:29:44 2007
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hahahaha!! Well, when you respond to Peter sometimes it feels like you're trolling and spamming.  Don't think that's quite the same as calling you a troll.  But I'm glad you forgive me anyway.

Susan

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  I agree with this Susan. Thats why I forgave you when you called me a troll. :-)



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    Being insulting doesn't bother me in the least.  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment.  I don't care what kind of language someone uses or what they say as long as they are genuinely interested in dialoguing.  In other words, if a deliberate insult is thrown out in the heat of the moment, no big deal, that's part of how we've learned to communicate with each other and is worth inquiring into.  However, if that's all that's done and there's no effort made to look at the communication and inquire into our interactions then it's a different story.  

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KI:  I simply think that one's reasoning about deciding who and what
constitutes 'trolling', and whether the decision is unfounded needs to be
fine tuned.  There's some interesting stuff in the Wiki article that people
can look at.



On Dec 23, 2007 11:20 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>  I wasn't trying to give everyone's view or any kind of truth, just my own
> view.  I'm not sure what insults and verbal abuse have to do with Peter
> being banned.  As I have said, the only reason I wanted him banned was
> because the purpose of trolling and spamming is to interrupt the dialoged
> and run people off.
>
> When it comes to verbal abuse and insults it would help to have a context
> to put your question in.  Is there something particular about insults and
> verbal abuse that you have experienced that you would like to dialogue
> about?
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:07 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>
> KI:  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a
> compliment.
>
> Have you been reading Byron Katie?  Frankly, I think she's way off base.
> The point is, your view isn't the view everyone has. And there is no one
> 'truth' of that issue.  How would you, personally, distinguish verbal abuse
> from insults?
>
>
>
> info: www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
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>


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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:33:18 2007
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Hmmmmmm..........I would say we could inquire into the hidden order within our own communications with each other or we could act and pretend the adequacy of looking at the thoughts of long dead authority figures and so keep ourselves at a distance from our own feelings in the moment about ourselves and each other.  

Susan

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  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:13 AM
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  Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl? -- Susan

  Nice laugh!

  We could assume the adequacy of identity instead inquiring, instead of asking the meaning that the Greek logos referenced by db/thought is or has been translated, interpreted as meaning.

  Instead of investigating Heraclitus, who was the first to suggest that the logos was hidden order, we could act and pretend the language appropriate for social reality was adequate for inquiry and thusly, talk about ourselves instead of what db/wrote about.

  That is, instead of talking about the relationship of db/thought to Greek thought, we could talk about ourselves.  -- dl



    From: Susan Clemons 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:02 AM
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    Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl?

    Susan
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      Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
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      I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.

      It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy of the particular tribal or social order one is in.  

      That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl


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From: donlay at knology.net (Don Lay)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:38:53 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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Maybe so.  But that is not what Bohm did.  Is it?  Did he?

Maybe he suggested that in dialogue the hidden order might become revealed.  Or that truth might be revealed in dialogue, truth as deriving from the Greek aletheia, meaning that which becomes unhidden. -- dl




  From: Susan Clemons 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


  Hmmmmmm..........I would say we could inquire into the hidden order within our own communications with each other or we could act and pretend the adequacy of looking at the thoughts of long dead authority figures and so keep ourselves at a distance from our own feelings in the moment about ourselves and each other.  

  Susan

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Don Lay 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:13 AM
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


    Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl? -- Susan

    Nice laugh!

    We could assume the adequacy of identity instead inquiring, instead of asking the meaning that the Greek logos referenced by db/thought is or has been translated, interpreted as meaning.

    Instead of investigating Heraclitus, who was the first to suggest that the logos was hidden order, we could act and pretend the language appropriate for social reality was adequate for inquiry and thusly, talk about ourselves instead of what db/wrote about.

    That is, instead of talking about the relationship of db/thought to Greek thought, we could talk about ourselves.  -- dl



      From: Susan Clemons 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:02 AM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


      Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl?

      Susan
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Don Lay 
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
        Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line


        I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.

        It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy of the particular tribal or social order one is in.  

        That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl





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Date: Sun Dec 23 17:43:32 2007
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Ok, the poem:

On playing with thoughts of aloneness

feeling challenged
learning to appreciate the connection to others
that creates my aloneness of unique individuality
an ongoing process
I'm coming to terms with more and more

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rob mooney 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:21 AM
  Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


  You know the answer. Poems are funny they require a sacrifice of energy and attention to the unformulate. they can wake you up in the wee hours and follow you for days, weeks, months...



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    Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:08:32 -0700


    Thanks Rob.  So, is there a poem here?

    Susan
      ----- Original Message ----- 
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      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
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      that is a good story, I like the end (which is not an end) and i am pleased for you.



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        From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
        Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:21:17 -0700


        Yes, I agree Lynn.  It seems to me that learning to understand my own uniqueness has meant learning that the idea of uniqueness and individuality requires the idea of being separate or alone in my beingness of who I am.  At the same time that same individuality and uniqueness is created out of my connections to others.  Learning to appreciate both the "aloneness" that is my unique individuality and at the same time the connections to everything else that helps to create that individuality has been quite a challenge for me.  It's an ongoing process but I find myself coming to terms with it more and more.

        Susan

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Lynne Tolk 
          To: BohmDialogue 
          Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:10 PM
          Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


          There are enough powerful questions here to fuel dialogue for all 2008 and beyond!  Thanks for all of them.   I have been in the place you describe many times.  Been in and out a lot this past year,  having been confronted with loss and mortality.  That sense of isolation and aloneness can be devastating.  But I?ve noticed that just as relationships can be used as a denial of aloneness, so can that experience of aloneness be used as a denial of connectedness.  It?s never an either-or.  I am separate.  And I am connected to everyone, even those I fear.  Perhaps the challenge for the future is to learn how to honor the individual and at the same time learn how to extend a real experience of connection beyond the old family/tribe/nation to global and beyond to embrace all beings.

          Lynne
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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:46:40 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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I would say that it is very much what Bohm did.  Go read the proposal to dialogue dl.  Do you see one single mention of any dead scholars in there?  Bohm didn't just study ancient scholars dl, he dialogued with real people about what was important to them.  

Susan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Lay 
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  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:31 AM
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  Maybe so.  But that is not what Bohm did.  Is it?  Did he?

  Maybe he suggested that in dialogue the hidden order might become revealed.  Or that truth might be revealed in dialogue, truth as deriving from the Greek aletheia, meaning that which becomes unhidden. -- dl




    From: Susan Clemons 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:25 AM
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    Hmmmmmm..........I would say we could inquire into the hidden order within our own communications with each other or we could act and pretend the adequacy of looking at the thoughts of long dead authority figures and so keep ourselves at a distance from our own feelings in the moment about ourselves and each other.  

    Susan

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      Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl? -- Susan

      Nice laugh!

      We could assume the adequacy of identity instead inquiring, instead of asking the meaning that the Greek logos referenced by db/thought is or has been translated, interpreted as meaning.

      Instead of investigating Heraclitus, who was the first to suggest that the logos was hidden order, we could act and pretend the language appropriate for social reality was adequate for inquiry and thusly, talk about ourselves instead of what db/wrote about.

      That is, instead of talking about the relationship of db/thought to Greek thought, we could talk about ourselves.  -- dl



        From: Susan Clemons 
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        Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:02 AM
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        Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl?

        Susan
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          I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.

          It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy of the particular tribal or social order one is in.  

          That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl





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From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:48:05 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] walmarting
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Two of the three [Walmarts] have closed down. 
Much quicker than I thought though, and my initial guess of
the sequence regarding two of them (if you will recall) 
was wrong.

--  funny
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From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:48:08 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Proprioception of thought is the direct awareness
	that thought is affecting perception.
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It seems difficult to focus on "what the words do 'in there' ", focus on
function.  (dl)
 
Proprioception of thought is the direct awareness that thought is
affecting perception. All - but this awareness is the operation of the
false belief that thought is simply telling me the way things are.  There
it is. That's what this is about. In between the thought/perception link
is feeling; is conviction. Every believed thought is felt as the way
things are.. This seeing - perceiving functions as the proof of the
thought/belief. These thought - worlds collide. 
 
All of the believed thoughts are organized around a single "center" or
organizing function. It has a generic name which is "I"
 
I think
I see
I believe
I know
I can
I do
I want
I go
I come
I find
I send
I take 
I have
I wish
I would
I should 
I could
I couldn't
I follow
I lead
I try
I have
I work
I went
 
 
Then there are the generic names
[organizing functions] of I am
 
I am smart
I am going
I am late
I am discriminating
I am patient
I am humble
I am proud
I am shy
I am faithful
there are a million of them
 
These are learned through the generic "you" and "you are" 
versions of I and I am. It doesn't take a lot to condition thought.
Just imagine and remember how early the conditioning of "you" and "you
are"
began. How frequent it was and how it continued and continues, and think
of the constancy
of it, and you get a little sense of the depth of this conditioning, this
organizing function, this "center" around which all of the believed
thoughts are drawn, sort of stabilized. Without this "center" in thought
the thoughts are just thoughts. They are no longer felt to come from
"me." They are no longer felt
to be "my" thoughts. I am no longer felt to be the "thinker" of these
thoughts, the "maker" of
these thoughts. They are just flotsam and jetsam. Or like clouds passing
by. A cornucopia of
offerings along with a steady and abiding lack of interest and perception
changes completely.
There is no world "out there" made of some of these. When the falsely
sensed "I" goes,
the falsely perceived "world" goes too and there is no more "world
bubble" to 
collide with all of the other "world bubbles."
 
Proprioception of thought is the direct awareness that thought is
affecting perception. All - but this awareness is the operation of the
false belief that thought is simply telling me the way things are.  There
it is. That's what this is about. That what this [Bohm theory] offers in
terms of the opportunity of seeing. And the possibilities abound for
seeing this movement in operation here. But of course, it is not
required. It's just an expression of how the best things in life are not
only free but opulently abundant as well. This seeing is the best thing.

--  funny
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From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Sun Dec 23 17:48:09 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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To be without the belief in a thought, is to be without a sense of
"separation" [beyond the necessary proprioceptive sense of such]. In the
moments where there is a thought of "me" with another thought of "my
life" it can be asked "Is this possible?" Is it possible that there could
be a "me" that is separate from "my life?" Amazingly enough, there are
these beliefs and feelings and deep sensations that there could be a "me"
that is separate from "my life." 

This brings with it a sense of necessity to actually "treat" "my life" as
separate from "me." To control it, to change it, to dislike it, to like
it. This "my life" thought, can give a sensation that this "my life" is
much much 'larger' than "me." And here "my life" can translate in
sensation and feeling as "the world" and "the world," in the sensation
[of the thought] can thus get vastly larger than "me." 

And we take refuge in a "friendship" or a "home" as though these are the
only places where we can find any rest. Little islands of "safety" and
"security" to huddle in for respite from "the world."

Writing is great, because in writing there they are; the beliefs plunked
down, sitting still, right before my eyes. Those things that create the
sensations of reality, just sitting there staring back at me. If one adds
after every believed thought on the paper, the additional phrase "This is
what it feels like" the document is more complete. The feelings will be
some variation on good feeling or bad feeling but with the belief there
comes the feeling that "this is true," that "this is what is." 

We think we are reporting (Thought is simply telling me the way things
are) but what we are doing is creating (Thought is affecting feeling and
thus, perception of "reality"). And "we" are not even doing it, because
"we" [here] is another thought, another belief. And an "attachment"
occurs between the two thoughts, that comes of the peculiar structure of
the language of the thoughts. The thought of "I" as the 'maker' of "of
"my life" is in the structure of the language. And there is truth in
this, is there not? This thought of "I" as "making" "my life" is  the
experience of "my life." 

In order to achieve this though, this proprietorship, separation is
necessary. For this life to be this "mine," property lines need to be
drawn. What is "not mine" [the edges]. "not my life" needs to be
determined. And the edges of "my life" are the points where it is
separated from "the rest of the world." And with this comes a feeling, a
sense, a deep conviction, of separation. A separation way beyond any
proprioceptive needs of the organism, a separation built and continually
reconstructed by belief [largely implicit] in the language structure of
reflexive thought's delivery system.

The combination of inquiry into the truth of each thought, along with the
"passion" to stay with the feelings as much as possible is a workable
formula for freedom from the sense of separateness [that "separateness"
that shows itself in any distress or discomfort with that which is
"beyond the 'property lines' of the thought of "me" or "mine"].

We can express ourselves for years, as in journaling, and be thinking any
number of things about such expression. We can think of it as 'getting it
out of us'. We can think of it as 'making archive material' or biography.
We can think of it as 'working with language; refining or improving ways
of saying things. We can think of it in a lot of ways. But we can also
think of it as "the best prerequisite to the inquiry process that there
is." We can think of it as a goldmine of opportunity.

And incidentally, the structure of language, as in using the phrase "We
can think of it" instead of the phrase "The thought occurs" [which
incidentally might be helpful] is not necessary. What is necessary is
that the beliefs in these thoughts as truths [any thoughts, as truths]
needs to fall away. And it can fall away. And it does fall away. And this
is what the emphasis on proprioception [the direct awareness that thought
is affecting perception] is all about. It is about a seeing; a seeing
that has nothing at all to do with thinking. Except that it is a "seeing"
of  the thinking process. A seeing of the thought process in the entirety
of its course of movement. Without belief in the  thoughts, the thoughts
pass through as clouds that are a configuration which is noticed. With
the belief in thoughts, the belief in a thought is its entryway into the
entire neurochemistry and neurophysiology of the body. And this is what
makes conviction that these thoughts are "the truth."

--  funny


 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:08:40 -0800 (PST) Karilen Mays <tubakari@yahoo.com>
writes:
Hello, group exploring online,
 
There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great
that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages,
especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just
cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that
Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and
inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is
difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent
just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a
sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that
mine adds more; you can judge that.)
 
The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought"
about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but
speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have
real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences
and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
 
Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the
last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some
of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know
something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow,
Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of
those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some
intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that
development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a
dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a
given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my
capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to
the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good
place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through
a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit
more about is being alone. 
 
But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my
stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in
a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to
write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or
provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned
activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a
sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small
comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know
anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my"
capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic
places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem
to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and
consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust
with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still
here...or something is.
 
The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has
included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was
younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we
are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what
is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am
alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to
hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To
truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me."
Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to
allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is
some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont
get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be
seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to
play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at
times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way
to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we
are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am
at.
 
On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the
nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of
nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world
this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and
welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get
out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand
for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the
final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny
if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I
fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this
next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding
questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
 
Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal,
then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by
some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general
ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of
hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
 
Love,
Kari
 
 
 



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Hi other official [self named] funny.
 
--  funny
 
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:07:37 -0500 Peter Renzland <Funny@Dancing.Org>
writes:
Good to see that everything is under control. :-) ~~ funny ~~


On Dec 22, 2007, at 21:21 , donald factor wrote:


I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name,
possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she
wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for
any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first
to spot that AEB was pit. 


don


On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:


Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as
a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own
server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. --
admin
 
Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the
following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually
directed to one of Peter's addresses:
 
[was something about Failure]
 
If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it reasonable
to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the
ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning?
 
It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point --
meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and
meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
 
Some questions occur: 
 
May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
 
When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication
possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?
 
My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable, rational
and meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl

 


bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org wrote: 
You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue


 
 
 
 
 
The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed,
'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
 
The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii much
here, among yoUs.
 
Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so
he "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core of--
dialogue).
 
Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so
you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at --the core of--
dialogue).
 
Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
 
Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go away"
because of this move(away).
 
Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly' about
(B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once, just once,
being able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it takgive place, time
(tice)... dobeing touched (penetration, see above) by it. Once again you
findy that groupi strength ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes
to title: "Acting & Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather
around the camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and
phonitities, softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was
not so pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
 
Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing,
pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of
"self&awareness"). 
 
Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE, thusly, a
part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like Bohm's story
about the woman who keeps beating herself (while) under the i'm-pressure
to be under attack: the attacked=the attacker= the attack. So, by 'any
means': go 'ahead', and keep beating yourselves, bones, while you drool
over that the-observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
 
ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.
 
Tschuess  )(





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Ooooooooooh,
noooooooooo
problema, senor
 
will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))
 
ciao
 
cheers
 
.... later ... (wellaugh: soooon)
 
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SELF, SOCIETY AND PROPRIOCEPTION - 5th excerpt

LN: Okay, so a person is observing patiently and not pushing the process
too hard, and at the same time, not becoming complacent. There's some
skillful balance and willingness to continue. 
 
DB: That's right, and he'll find that as certain issues come up in
relationship, that they're distracting. In this way, he loses sight of
the insight because of powerful distractions. Then he needs to get
insight into that distraction in a similar way. What Krishnamurti once
said was "there is no distraction" - every distraction is just a part of
the process, which helps to reveal the process. We call it distraction,
and the assumption that it is a distraction makes it a distraction. 
 
LN: Which decreases one's energy. 
 
DB: Not only that, it misleads you. If it's a distraction you're going to
say, "Well, my job is to get back on line;" but your job is not to get
back on line. You see, the line is the distraction. 
 
13 
 
Your job is to look at the distraction, not to say, "I was looking at
fear before, and now I'm looking at something else. I'd better get back
to fear." But rather, "I'd better get on to the fact that I'm distracted
by such and such, finding out the thoughts that are distracting. " 
 
LN: In that respect, potentially, everything is a basis for observation. 
 
DB: Yes, and everything that happens is part of the process. There really
is no genuine distraction in this process. Every one of those
distractions is just part of the cover-up, you see. If there were no
cover up, the process couldn't exist, right? I mean, it's too absurd to
go on with if it's not covered up and given a false interpretation. 
 
LN: This is like an improvised dance. Because you cannot predict what
apparent distraction is going to come at any moment. But if you are.
willing and able to reorient your attention each time there is a
distraction, then perhaps the notion of "no distraction" could become a
reality. But it is so common for us to have this sense, "Well, I don't
really want to look at that. I'm looking at this now. Don't bother me
with that." 
 
DB: That might make sense in another context, a practical context, "I
have this job to do and I can't be bothered with all this other stuff
you're bringing in." But it's not true here because what you're dealing
with here is just the way the mind is working, and this so-called
distraction is an essential part of the phenomenon. It's not a
distraction - it's actually the same process you're looking at, just
taking a somewhat different form. 
 
LN: To the point that we've discussed this, have we come to the picture
of self and world? 
 
14 
 
DB: Yes, we're sort of getting into it because all this anger and fear
and pleasure and desire is a part of the constitution of the self and its
relation to the world. These are part of the values which move you. Value
has the same root as valor and valiant. It means strength. And values, or
things of high value, give great strength to what we do, and give it high
priority. Now we have a vast set of values which thus moves us. Some
respond to one situation and some to another. We are moved by the values
much faster than we can think. 
 
 
LN: These values are like the branches of a tree, right? 
 
DB: Yes.
 
LN: Are we getting closer to the generating source, to the root? 
 
DB: Yes, we're moving that way. You see, if somebody is prejudiced, for
example, he's got a value judgment which he may not be conscious of --
for example, that people of a certain group are bad. Now he experiences
this not as a thought, but rather as an apparent perception of the
badness which is projected into a particular person who is being
perceived, at a given moment, the same as the telephone in the television
set. 
 
LN: So it has the full appearance of reality. 
 
DB: Yes. All sorts of value judgments of that kind affect your perception
and your intentions at the same time. You see, people have the notion of
freedom of choice and freedom of will but these values operate very fast
and people think they have chosen, but they haven't. 
 
LN : Yes, well that's the question I would like to look at. What do all
these values have to do with the self?

15 
 
DB: The self is determined by the values with which it's identified, for
example the supreme value of your religion or your country or your money
or fame or power or ambition or your family or whatever it is. Or your
body, your security, your comfort. Whatever has highest value will
override the other values. And this generally leads to contradiction, you
see. Thus you may have the value of honesty and truth, and so on; but if
your value is also comfort and security of the self, or if your country
comes first no matter what else is at stake, then when the time comes,
such values may take over. And though you profess the right values of
honesty and truth, they're not really the dominant values. So the self is
determined, in a way, by the whole set of values which are as much
sociocultural as individual. 
 
LN: Is this all there is to the self? 
 
DB: Well, it is a dominant feature. If the values were not there, the
self would collapse, would have no energy. It would be like something
which is inflated. When someone removes the air, it collapses. 
 
LN: When you say a dominant feature, do you mean, as well, an essential
feature? 
 
DB: Yes, it's a moving essential power. There may be some other
assumptions, perhaps, behind it, but these values are the moving
essential power without which the self would have no power. It would be
just an image. You may ask, "How could an image ever get power?" Thus the
telephone in the television set never does anything except produce a
pattern of light. Why should the image of the self have such power?
Because there are tremendous values which are attributed to it. Whatever
has value, the whole system must try to act on it. That is an absolute
necessity and the way it works. 
 
16 
 
LN: Yes. So we can suspend these values ... 
 
DB: Well, not so easily. They come very fast, you see. 
From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Dec 23 18:15:27 2007
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:27:21 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
Message-ID: <20071223.121811.3184.234.ae.dropper@juno.com>

I "forgave" what I thought was a typo.  :-D

--  funny

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:12:55 +0000 rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
writes:
I agree with this Susan. Thats why I forgave you when you called me a
troll. :-)




From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:58:52 -0700


Being insulting doesn't bother me in the least.  What one person
interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment.  I don't
care what kind of language someone uses or what they say as long as they
are genuinely interested in dialoguing.  In other words, if a deliberate
insult is thrown out in the heat of the moment, no big deal, that's part
of how we've learned to communicate with each other and is worth
inquiring into.  However, if that's all that's done and there's no effort
made to look at the communication and inquire into our interactions then
it's a different story.  

Susan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Irene Darcy 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


KI:  Wait - not good enough.  All people who insult others aren't doing
it for reasons of trolling-spaming.  There are people who do it in real
life, and not in the context of cyberspace.  Some learned it from
verbally abusive parents.  So I would like to see insults, for whatever
reason, be unacceptable. 


On Dec 23, 2007 10:47 AM, Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:

KI:  That works for me, too.


On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons < Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:

Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the moment he
starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that goes for anyone
who joins who starts making it obvious that they are here for the purpose
of trolling and/or spamming.  

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: rob mooney 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin


Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being
personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?








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From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:27:23 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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You know the answer,
poems are funny 
they require 
a sacrifice of energy 
and attention 
to the unformulate. 
they can wake you up 
in the wee hours
 and follow you for days, 
weeks, months...

"sacrifice of energy and attention to the unformulate."

perfection.

(except it is no sacrifice; or it's pennies for dollars, and lead pennies
at that)

--  funny

 
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:21:49 +0000 rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk>
writes:
You know the answer. Poems are funny they require a sacrifice of energy
and attention to the unformulate. they can wake you up in the wee hours
and follow you for days, weeks, months...




From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:08:32 -0700


Thanks Rob.  So, is there a poem here?

Susan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: rob mooney 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


that is a good story, I like the end (which is not an end) and i am
pleased for you.




From: Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:21:17 -0700


Yes, I agree Lynn.  It seems to me that learning to understand my own
uniqueness has meant learning that the idea of uniqueness and
individuality requires the idea of being separate or alone in my
beingness of who I am.  At the same time that same individuality and
uniqueness is created out of my connections to others.  Learning to
appreciate both the "aloneness" that is my unique individuality and at
the same time the connections to everything else that helps to create
that individuality has been quite a challenge for me.  It's an ongoing
process but I find myself coming to terms with it more and more.

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lynne Tolk 
To: BohmDialogue 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness


There are enough powerful questions here to fuel dialogue for all 2008
and beyond!  Thanks for all of them.   I have been in the place you
describe many times.  Been in and out a lot this past year,  having been
confronted with loss and mortality.  That sense of isolation and
aloneness can be devastating.  But I?ve noticed that just as
relationships can be used as a denial of aloneness, so can that
experience of aloneness be used as a denial of connectedness.  It?s never
an either-or.  I am separate.  And I am connected to everyone, even those
I fear.  Perhaps the challenge for the future is to learn how to honor
the individual and at the same time learn how to extend a real experience
of connection beyond the old family/tribe/nation to global and beyond to
embrace all beings.

Lynne
On 12/22/07 12:08 PM, "Karilen Mays" <tubakari@yahoo.com> wrote:


Hello, group exploring online,
 
There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great
that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages,
especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just
cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that
Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and
inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is
difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent
just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a
sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that
mine adds more; you can judge that.)
 
The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought"
about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but
speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have
real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences
and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
 
Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the
last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some
of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know
something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow,
Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of
those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some
intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that
development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a
dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a
given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my
capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to
the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good
place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through
a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit
more about is being alone. 
 
But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my
stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in
a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to
write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or
provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned
activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a
sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small
comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know
anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my"
capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic
places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem
to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and
consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust
with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still
here...or something is.
 
The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has
included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was
younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we
are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what
is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am
alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to
hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To
truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me."
Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to
allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is
some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont
get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be
seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to
play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at
times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way
to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we
are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am
at.
 
On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the
nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of
nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world
this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and
welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get
out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand
for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the
final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny
if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I
fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this
next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding
questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
 
Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal,
then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by
some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general
ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of
hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
 
Love,
Kari
 





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From: DFACTOR at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:27:42 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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But how does he read the quoted segments?

don

On Dec 23, 2007, at 8:17 AM, william wrote:

>
> Peter is sending unsollicited emails and tries to make it look as  
> if they come through the bohm_dialogue list server. He uses the  
> following email addresses: humanimal@thinkg.net or a.debakey@yahoo.com
>
> If you feel bothered by this please go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/ 
> us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-33.html where you find  
> instructions on how to complain at Yahoo.com about a.debakey@yahoo.com
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From: lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com (Lynne Tolk)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:36:54 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
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Disruption is the issue.  It may or may not be abusive.  Confusion works,
overload works, grabbing and holding everyone?s attention works.  When this
happens, others in the group becomes silent, caught in arguments with the
disrupter, or they leave.  This effectively kills dialogue, and since that
is what we are supposed to be here for, it cannot be tolerated.

Lynne
On 12/23/07 9:24 AM, "Irene Darcy" <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:

> KI:  I simply think that one's reasoning about deciding who and what
> constitutes 'trolling', and whether the decision is unfounded needs to be fine
> tuned.  There's some interesting stuff in the Wiki article that people can
> look at. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 23, 2007 11:20 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> I wasn't trying to give everyone's view or any kind of truth, just my own
>> view.  I'm not sure what insults and verbal abuse have to do with Peter being
>> banned.  As I have said, the only reason I wanted him banned was because the
>> purpose of trolling and spamming is to interrupt the dialoged and run people
>> off.  
>>  
>> When it comes to verbal abuse and insults it would help to have a context to
>> put your question in.  Is there something particular about insults and verbal
>> abuse that you have experienced that you would like to dialogue about?
>>  
>> Susan  
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Irene Darcy <mailto:irenedarcy@gmail.com>
>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:07 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>>> 
>>> KI:  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a
>>> compliment. 
>>> 
>>> Have you been reading Byron Katie?  Frankly, I think she's way off base.
>>> The point is, your view isn't the view everyone has. And there is no one
>>> 'truth' of that issue.  How would you, personally, distinguish verbal abuse
>>> from insults? 
>>> 
>> 

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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:41:50 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.  

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: donald factor 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


  But how does he read the quoted segments?


  don


  On Dec 23, 2007, at 8:17 AM, william wrote:



          Peter is sending unsollicited emails and tries to make it look as if they come through the bohm_dialogue list server. He uses the following email addresses: humanimal@thinkg.net or a.debakey@yahoo.com

          If you feel bothered by this please go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-33.html where you find instructions on how to complain at Yahoo.com about a.debakey@yahoo.com
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From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:44:59 2007
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become subversive to the group

KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there
better words available, or is that what you mean to say?

On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>  I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred
> Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the
> list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from
> subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become
> subversive to the group.
>
> Susan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* donald factor <DFACTOR@dc.rr.com>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> But how does he read the quoted segments?
> don
>
>  On Dec 23, 2007, at 8:17 AM, william wrote:
>
>
> Peter is sending unsollicited emails and tries to make it look as if they
> come through the bohm_dialogue list server. He uses the following email
> addresses: humanimal@thinkg.net or a.debakey@yahoo.com
>
> If you feel bothered by this please go to
> http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-33.html where
> you find instructions on how to complain at Yahoo.com about
> a.debakey@yahoo.com
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>
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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:49:19 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Proprioception of thought is the direct
	awareness	that thought is affecting perc
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sometimes the bird song here is beautiful


To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:37:35 -0500From: ae.dropper@juno.comSubject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Proprioception of thought is the direct awareness that thought is affecting perception.


It seems difficult to focus on "what the words do 'in there' ", focus on function.  (dl)
 
Proprioception of thought is the direct awareness that thought is affecting perception. All - but this awareness is the operation of the false belief that thought is simply telling me the way things are.  There it is. That's what this is about. In between the thought/perception link is feeling; is conviction. Every believed thought is felt as the way things are.. This seeing - perceiving functions as the proof of the thought/belief. These thought - worlds collide. 
 
All of the believed thoughts are organized around a single "center" or organizing function. It has a generic name which is "I"
 
I thinkI seeI believeI knowI canI doI wantI goI comeI findI sendI take I haveI wishI wouldI should I couldI couldn'tI followI leadI tryI haveI workI went
 
 
Then there are the generic names[organizing functions] of I am
 
I am smartI am goingI am lateI am discriminatingI am patientI am humbleI am proudI am shyI am faithfulthere are a million of them
 
These are learned through the generic "you" and "you are" versions of I and I am. It doesn't take a lot to condition thought.Just imagine and remember how early the conditioning of "you" and "you are"began. How frequent it was and how it continued and continues, and think of the constancyof it, and you get a little sense of the depth of this conditioning, this organizing function, this "center" around which all of the believed thoughts are drawn, sort of stabilized. Without this "center" in thoughtthe thoughts are just thoughts. They are no longer felt to come from "me." They are no longer feltto be "my" thoughts. I am no longer felt to be the "thinker" of these thoughts, the "maker" ofthese thoughts. They are just flotsam and jetsam. Or like clouds passing by. A cornucopia ofofferings along with a steady and abiding lack of interest and perception changes completely.There is no world "out there" made of some of these. When the falsely sensed "I" goes,the falsely perceived "world" goes too and there is no more "world bubble" to collide with all of the other "world bubbles."
 
Proprioception of thought is the direct awareness that thought is affecting perception. All - but this awareness is the operation of the false belief that thought is simply telling me the way things are.  There it is. That's what this is about. That what this [Bohm theory] offers in terms of the opportunity of seeing. And the possibilities abound for seeing this movement in operation here. But of course, it is not required. It's just an expression of how the best things in life are not only free but opulently abundant as well. This seeing is the best thing.
 
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Dec 23 18:44:56 2007
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:52:18 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves something.  

Susan
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Irene Darcy 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


  become subversive to the group

  KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there better words available, or is that what you mean to say? 


  On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

    I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.  

    Susan

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: donald factor 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


      But how does he read the quoted segments? 


      don
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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:55:38 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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thanks Pat. wonderful. now let's see you stand on one leg and touch your nose with your fingertip. :-)
 
-- seriously


To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:33:34 -0500Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessFrom: ae.dropper@juno.com



To be without the belief in a thought, is to be without a sense of "separation" [beyond the necessary proprioceptive sense of such]. In the moments where there is a thought of "me" with another thought of "my life" it can be asked "Is this possible?" Is it possible that there could be a "me" that is separate from "my life?" Amazingly enough, there are these beliefs and feelings and deep sensations that there could be a "me" that is separate from "my life." 
 
This brings with it a sense of necessity to actually "treat" "my life" as separate from "me." To control it, to change it, to dislike it, to like it. This "my life" thought, can give a sensation that this "my life" is much much 'larger' than "me." And here "my life" can translate in sensation and feeling as "the world" and "the world," in the sensation [of the thought] can thus get vastly larger than "me." 
 
And we take refuge in a "friendship" or a "home" as though these are the only places where we can find any rest. Little islands of "safety" and "security" to huddle in for respite from "the world."
 
Writing is great, because in writing there they are; the beliefs plunked down, sitting still, right before my eyes. Those things that create the sensations of reality, just sitting there staring back at me. If one adds after every believed thought on the paper, the additional phrase "This is what it feels like" the document is more complete. The feelings will be some variation on good feeling or bad feeling but with the belief there comes the feeling that "this is true," that "this is what is." 
 
We think we are reporting (Thought is simply telling me the way things are) but what we are doing is creating (Thought is affecting feeling and thus, perception of "reality"). And "we" are not even doing it, because "we" [here] is another thought, another belief. And an "attachment" occurs between the two thoughts, that comes of the peculiar structure of the language of the thoughts. The thought of "I" as the 'maker' of "of "my life" is in the structure of the language. And there is truth in this, is there not? This thought of "I" as "making" "my life" is  the experience of "my life." 
 
In order to achieve this though, this proprietorship, separation is necessary. For this life to be this "mine," property lines need to be drawn. What is "not mine" [the edges]. "not my life" needs to be determined. And the edges of "my life" are the points where it is separated from "the rest of the world." And with this comes a feeling, a sense, a deep conviction, of separation. A separation way beyond any proprioceptive needs of the organism, a separation built and continually reconstructed by belief [largely implicit] in the language structure of reflexive thought's delivery system.
 
The combination of inquiry into the truth of each thought, along with the "passion" to stay with the feelings as much as possible is a workable formula for freedom from the sense of separateness [that "separateness" that shows itself in any distress or discomfort with that which is "beyond the 'property lines' of the thought of "me" or "mine"].
 
We can express ourselves for years, as in journaling, and be thinking any number of things about such expression. We can think of it as 'getting it out of us'. We can think of it as 'making archive material' or biography. We can think of it as 'working with language; refining or improving ways of saying things. We can think of it in a lot of ways. But we can also think of it as "the best prerequisite to the inquiry process that there is." We can think of it as a goldmine of opportunity.
 
And incidentally, the structure of language, as in using the phrase "We can think of it" instead of the phrase "The thought occurs" [which incidentally might be helpful] is not necessary. What is necessary is that the beliefs in these thoughts as truths [any thoughts, as truths] needs to fall away. And it can fall away. And it does fall away. And this is what the emphasis on proprioception [the direct awareness that thought is affecting perception] is all about. It is about a seeing; a seeing that has nothing at all to do with thinking. Except that it is a "seeing" of  the thinking process. A seeing of the thought process in the entirety of its course of movement. Without belief in the  thoughts, the thoughts pass through as clouds that are a configuration which is noticed. With the belief in thoughts, the belief in a thought is its entryway into the entire neurochemistry and neurophysiology of the body. And this is what makes conviction that these thoughts are "the truth."
 
--  funny
 
 
 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:08:40 -0800 (PST) Karilen Mays <tubakari@yahoo.com> writes:


Hello, group exploring online,
 
There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
 
The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation. 
 
Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone. 
 
But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is.
 
The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at.
 
On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we?
 
Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all...
 
Love,
Kari
 
 
 

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From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 18:59:33 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?  Let's
look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the emotions they
have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties Union.  We have
something really juicy to look at here.

On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>  It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind
> of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but
> especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves
> something.
>
> Susan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> become subversive to the group
>
> KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there
> better words available, or is that what you mean to say?
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>
> >  I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred
> > Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the
> > list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from
> > subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become
> > subversive to the group.
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* donald factor <DFACTOR@dc.rr.com>
> > *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
> >
> > But how does he read the quoted segments?
> > don
> >
> >
>
> info: www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>
>


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Irene
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From lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com  Sun Dec 23 18:52:54 2007
From: lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com (Lynne Tolk)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:00:21 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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It?s hard to put poetry into prose.  I?m appreciating both.

On 12/23/07 10:48 AM, "rob mooney" <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> thanks Pat. wonderful. now let's see you stand on one leg and touch your nose
> with your fingertip. :-)
>  
> -- seriously
> 
> 
>> 
>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:33:34 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
>> From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>> 
>> To be without the belief in a thought, is to be without a sense of
>> "separation" [beyond the necessary proprioceptive sense of such]. In the
>> moments where there is a thought of "me" with another thought of "my life" it
>> can be asked "Is this possible?" Is it possible that there could be a "me"
>> that is separate from "my life?" Amazingly enough, there are these beliefs
>> and feelings and deep sensations that there could be a "me" that is separate
>> from "my life." 
>>  
>> This brings with it a sense of necessity to actually "treat" "my life" as
>> separate from "me." To control it, to change it, to dislike it, to like it.
>> This "my life" thought, can give a sensation that this "my life" is much much
>> 'larger' than "me." And here "my life" can translate in sensation and feeling
>> as "the world" and "the world," in the sensation [of the thought] can thus
>> get vastly larger than "me."
>>  
>> And we take refuge in a "friendship" or a "home" as though these are the only
>> places where we can find any rest. Little islands of "safety" and "security"
>> to huddle in for respite from "the world."
>>  
>> Writing is great, because in writing there they are; the beliefs plunked
>> down, sitting still, right before my eyes. Those things that create the
>> sensations of reality, just sitting there staring back at me. If one adds
>> after every believed thought on the paper, the additional phrase "This is
>> what it feels like" the document is more complete. The feelings will be some
>> variation on good feeling or bad feeling but with the belief there comes the
>> feeling that "this is true," that "this is what is."
>>  
>> We think we are reporting (Thought is simply telling me the way things are)
>> but what we are doing is creating (Thought is affecting feeling and thus,
>> perception of "reality"). And "we" are not even doing it, because "we" [here]
>> is another thought, another belief. And an "attachment" occurs between the
>> two thoughts, that comes of the peculiar structure of the language of the
>> thoughts. The thought of "I" as the 'maker' of "of "my life" is in the
>> structure of the language. And there is truth in this, is there not? This
>> thought of "I" as "making" "my life" is  the experience of "my life."
>>  
>> In order to achieve this though, this proprietorship, separation is
>> necessary. For this life to be this "mine," property lines need to be drawn.
>> What is "not mine" [the edges]. "not my life" needs to be determined. And the
>> edges of "my life" are the points where it is separated from "the rest of the
>> world." And with this comes a feeling, a sense, a deep conviction, of
>> separation. A separation way beyond any proprioceptive needs of the organism,
>> a separation built and continually reconstructed by belief [largely implicit]
>> in the language structure of reflexive thought's delivery system.
>>  
>> The combination of inquiry into the truth of each thought, along with the
>> "passion" to stay with the feelings as much as possible is a workable formula
>> for freedom from the sense of separateness [that "separateness" that shows
>> itself in any distress or discomfort with that which is "beyond the 'property
>> lines' of the thought of "me" or "mine"].
>>  
>> We can express ourselves for years, as in journaling, and be thinking any
>> number of things about such expression. We can think of it as 'getting it out
>> of us'. We can think of it as 'making archive material' or biography. We can
>> think of it as 'working with language; refining or improving ways of saying
>> things. We can think of it in a lot of ways. But we can also think of it as
>> "the best prerequisite to the inquiry process that there is." We can think of
>> it as a goldmine of opportunity.
>>  
>> And incidentally, the structure of language, as in using the phrase "We can
>> think of it" instead of the phrase "The thought occurs" [which incidentally
>> might be helpful] is not necessary. What is necessary is that the beliefs in
>> these thoughts as truths [any thoughts, as truths] needs to fall away. And it
>> can fall away. And it does fall away. And this is what the emphasis on
>> proprioception [the direct awareness that thought is affecting perception] is
>> all about. It is about a seeing; a seeing that has nothing at all to do with
>> thinking. Except that it is a "seeing" of  the thinking process. A seeing of
>> the thought process in the entirety of its course of movement. Without belief
>> in the  thoughts, the thoughts pass through as clouds that are a
>> configuration which is noticed. With the belief in thoughts, the belief in a
>> thought is its entryway into the entire neurochemistry and neurophysiology of
>> the body. And this is what makes conviction that these thoughts are "the
>> truth."
>>  
>> --  funny
>>  
>>  
>>  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:08:40 -0800 (PST) Karilen Mays <tubakari@yahoo.com>
>> writes:
>>> Hello, group exploring online,
>>>  
>>> There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great
>>> that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially
>>> from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I
>>> may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis
>>> are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of
>>> people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real"
>>> messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this
>>> list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do
>>> those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.)
>>>  
>>> The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about
>>> my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from
>>> our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue,
>>> especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future
>>> experiences) is up for investigation.
>>>  
>>> Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last
>>> year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the
>>> time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something
>>> about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger,
>>> Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names
>>> are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense
>>> contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development
>>> is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical
>>> spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self
>>> assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before
>>> and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development"
>>> or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can
>>> be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it
>>> is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone.
>>>  
>>> But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my
>>> stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a
>>> sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write
>>> it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will
>>> be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to
>>> the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of
>>> woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send
>>> me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke
>>> of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of
>>> reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the
>>> psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic
>>> nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it
>>> makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far
>>> Im still here...or something is.
>>>  
>>> The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a
>>> flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I
>>> wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique
>>> beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to
>>> understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really
>>> schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer
>>> than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this
>>> liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available
>>> to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they
>>> are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than
>>> others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there
>>> are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone --
>>> not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of
>>> woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of
>>> opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no
>>> one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other
>>> together...so this is just where I am at.
>>>  
>>> On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights
>>> grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime
>>> partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year?
>>> What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go
>>> of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my
>>> own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that
>>> they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what
>>> we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have
>>> an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What
>>> do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers
>>> or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this
>>> year? Who are we?
>>>  
>>> Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then
>>> that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you
>>> because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the
>>> capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk
>>> so I will close this. Thank you all...
>>>  
>>> Love,
>>> Kari
 

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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:07:09 2007
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Lynne. This effectively kills dialogue, and since that is what we are supposed to be here for, it cannot be tolerated.
 
Rob. How does a dialogue work without tolerance though? I would much rather have it without Pit's dreary maunderings but I noticed that Don was pretty tolerant and allowed lots of time for assumptions to surface and get examined. I think a zero tolerance dialogue would be a waste of breath.


Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:29:28 -0700Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from adminFrom: lynne@lifedirectionscoach.comTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Disruption is the issue.  It may or may not be abusive.  Confusion works, overload works, grabbing and holding everyone?s attention works.  When this happens, others in the group becomes silent, caught in arguments with the disrupter, or they leave.  This effectively kills dialogue, and since that is what we are supposed to be here for, it cannot be tolerated.LynneOn 12/23/07 9:24 AM, "Irene Darcy" <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:
KI:  I simply think that one's reasoning about deciding who and what constitutes 'trolling', and whether the decision is unfounded needs to be fine tuned.  There's some interesting stuff in the Wiki article that people can look at. On Dec 23, 2007 11:20 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
I wasn't trying to give everyone's view or any kind of truth, just my own view.  I'm not sure what insults and verbal abuse have to do with Peter being banned.  As I have said, the only reason I wanted him banned was because the purpose of trolling and spamming is to interrupt the dialoged and run people off.  When it comes to verbal abuse and insults it would help to have a context to put your question in.  Is there something particular about insults and verbal abuse that you have experienced that you would like to dialogue about?Susan  
----- Original Message ----- From: Irene Darcy <mailto:irenedarcy@gmail.com>  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:07 AMSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from adminKI:  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a compliment. Have you been reading Byron Katie?  Frankly, I think she's way off base.  The point is, your view isn't the view everyone has. And there is no one 'truth' of that issue.  How would you, personally, distinguish verbal abuse from insults? 
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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:09:06 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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Since Peter's actions are the only ones I've ever dealt with personally that I would label subversive they are the ones I would feel comfortable talking about.  Like I've said before Kathryn, I'm really interested in dialoguing about how the list mirrors society.  To me, dialogue is about relating the personal to the larger socio-cultural realm.  So I would be glad to look at civil liberties if you can show me a relationship between them and Peter's or anyone else's actions on the list.  

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Irene Darcy 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:52 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


  KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?  Let's look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the emotions they have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties Union.  We have something really juicy to look at here. 


  On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

    It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves something.  

    Susan

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Irene Darcy 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


      become subversive to the group

      KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there better words available, or is that what you mean to say? 


      On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

        I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.  

        Susan

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: donald factor 
          To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
          Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
          Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


          But how does he read the quoted segments? 


          don


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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:10:12 2007
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it's the 'one man's freedom fighter' conundrum


Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:52:04 -0500From: irenedarcy@gmail.comTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuseKI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?  Let's look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the emotions they have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties Union.  We have something really juicy to look at here. 
On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:


It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves something.  
 
Susan
 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Irene Darcy 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 

Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
become subversive to the groupKI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there better words available, or is that what you mean to say? 
On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:


I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.  
 
Susan
 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: donald factor 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
But how does he read the quoted segments? 

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From lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com  Sun Dec 23 19:09:29 2007
From: lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com (Lynne Tolk)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:16:53 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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Subvert, according to Webster:
    1. To overthrow or destroy
    2. To corrupt; to undermine

When a student disrupts a class, doesn?t the teacher/facilitator have a
responsibility to the others to act to prevent the behavior that is
undermining the learning environment?  One might argue that we could learn
from our annoyance/emotions triggered by the behavior, but that seems a
lesson that doesn?t need to be labored.  And I found myself not so much
annoyed as bored.

 
On 12/23/07 10:52 AM, "Irene Darcy" <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:

> KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?  Let's
> look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the emotions they
> have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties Union.  We have
> something really juicy to look at here.
> 
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind of
>> order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but
>> especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves
>> something.  
>>  
>> Susan
>>  
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Irene Darcy <mailto:irenedarcy@gmail.com>
>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>>> 
>>> become subversive to the group
>>> 
>>> KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there
>>> better words available, or is that what you mean to say?
>>> 
>>> On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>> I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.
>>>> Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's
>>>> said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only
>>>> unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.
>>>>  
>>>> Susan
 
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From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:17:44 2007
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KI:  Your response has a great deal in common with Peter's.  You tell me to
show the relationship as though you are incapable of seeing relationships.
And what is 'personally'?  How do you feel about Bohm's experience with
McCarthy?  About Bush?  Are you trying to make think that you can't see how
any of this mirrors society ?

I remember Peter said it looked like he and I were the only ones into taking
out the trash.  Forget it.  I've got better things to do.

On Dec 23, 2007 1:01 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>  Since Peter's actions are the only ones I've ever dealt with personally
> that I would label subversive they are the ones I would feel comfortable
> talking about.  Like I've said before Kathryn, I'm really interested in
> dialoguing about how the list mirrors society.  To me, dialogue is about
> relating the personal to the larger socio-cultural realm.  So I would be
> glad to look at civil liberties if you can show me a relationship between
> them and Peter's or anyone else's actions on the list.
>
> Susan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:52 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?
> Let's look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the emotions
> they have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties Union.  We
> have something really juicy to look at here.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>
> >  It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any
> > kind of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates,
> > but especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves
> > something.
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com>
> > *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> >  *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
> >
> > become subversive to the group
> >
> > KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there
> > better words available, or is that what you mean to say?
> >
> > On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >  I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred
> > > Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the
> > > list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from
> > > subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become
> > > subversive to the group.
> > >
> > > Susan
> > >
> > >
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > > *From:* donald factor <DFACTOR@dc.rr.com>
> > > *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> > > *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
> > > *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
> > >
> > > But how does he read the quoted segments?
> > > don
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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From: DFACTOR at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:20:32 2007
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Well for a while this was the case. But has happened with each of his  
incarnations here, he has only been able to maintain his calm for a  
short period, in this instance only about a month or so, and then he  
couldn't help but reveal his more destructive side - even before that  
it became apparent to some that this was him.

don

On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:38 AM, rob mooney wrote:

> Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't  
> being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another  
> name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted  
> something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep  
> your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such  
> things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit.
>
> don
>
> On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
> Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by  
> the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as  
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his  
> own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam  
> filter. -- admin
>
> Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass  
> on the following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was  
> actually directed to one of Peter's addresses:
>
> [was something about Failure]
>
> If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it  
> reasonable to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to  
> eliminate the ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning?
>
> It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the  
> point -- meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of  
> reason and meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
>
> Some questions occur:
>
> May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
> Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
>
> When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is  
> communication possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?
>
> My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable,  
> rational and meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl
>
>
>
>
> bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org wrote:
> You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed,  
> 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
>
> The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii  
> much here, among yoUs.
>
> Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"...  
> ~ so he "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core  
> of-- dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle  
> it"... ~ so you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at -- 
> the core of-- dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
>
> Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go  
> away" because of this move(away).
>
> Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly'  
> about (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once,  
> just once, being able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it  
> takgive place, time (tice)... dobeing touched (penetration, see  
> above) by it. Once again you findy that groupi strength  
> ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title: "Acting &  
> Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the  
> camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities,  
> softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so  
> pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
>
> Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing,  
> pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of  
> "self&awareness").
>
> Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE,  
> thusly, a part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like  
> Bohm's story about the woman who keeps beating herself (while)  
> under the i'm-pressure to be under attack: the attacked=the  
> attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go 'ahead', and keep  
> beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that the- 
> observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
>
> ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.
>
> Tschuess  )(
>
> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  
> Try it now.
>
>
>
> From: dialogue-admin
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:01 PM
> Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>
> Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by  
> the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as  
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his  
> own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam  
> filter.
>
> admin
>
>
>
>
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> Ooooooooooh,
> noooooooooo
> problema, senor
>
> will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))
>
> ciao
>
> cheers
>
> .... later ... (wellaugh: soooon)
>
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Dec 23 19:13:48 2007
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:21:10 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuseWell, I don't mind someone who's temporarily disrupting.  Lots of things can disrupt.  But the deliberate attempt of one person to take over and divert the group to that one's person's agenda is a different story.  Especially if their agenda is not simply disruption but destruction of the group.  That's the reason I used the word subversive to begin with.  

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lynne Tolk 
  To: BohmDialogue 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


  Subvert, according to Webster:
      1. To overthrow or destroy
      2. To corrupt; to undermine

  When a student disrupts a class, doesn't the teacher/facilitator have a responsibility to the others to act to prevent the behavior that is undermining the learning environment?  One might argue that we could learn from our annoyance/emotions triggered by the behavior, but that seems a lesson that doesn't need to be labored.  And I found myself not so much annoyed as bored.

   
  On 12/23/07 10:52 AM, "Irene Darcy" <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:


    KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?  Let's look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the emotions they have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties Union.  We have something really juicy to look at here. 

    On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

      It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves something.  

      Susan


        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Irene Darcy <mailto:irenedarcy@gmail.com>  
        To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
        Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
        Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse

        become subversive to the group

        KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there better words available, or is that what you mean to say? 

        On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

          I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.  

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From lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com  Sun Dec 23 19:15:08 2007
From: lynne at lifedirectionscoach.com (Lynne Tolk)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:22:34 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
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True, zero tolerance would not work, too black and white.  That in itself
stops learning. But there has to be a line created somewhere.  I think most
of us were pretty tolerant until the learning stopped and dialogue petered
out (pun not intended!)


On 12/23/07 10:59 AM, "rob mooney" <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Lynne. This effectively kills dialogue, and since that is what we are supposed
> to be here for, it cannot be tolerated.
>  
> Rob. How does a dialogue work without tolerance though? I would much rather
> have it without Pit's dreary maunderings but I noticed that Don was pretty
> tolerant and allowed lots of time for assumptions to surface and get examined.
> I think a zero tolerance dialogue would be a waste of breath.
> 
> 
>> 
>> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:29:28 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>> From: lynne@lifedirectionscoach.com
>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>> 
>> Disruption is the issue.  It may or may not be abusive.  Confusion works,
>> overload works, grabbing and holding everyone?s attention works.  When this
>> happens, others in the group becomes silent, caught in arguments with the
>> disrupter, or they leave.  This effectively kills dialogue, and since that is
>> what we are supposed to be here for, it cannot be tolerated.
>> 
>> Lynne
>> On 12/23/07 9:24 AM, "Irene Darcy" <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> KI:  I simply think that one's reasoning about deciding who and what
>>> constitutes 'trolling', and whether the decision is unfounded needs to be
>>> fine tuned.  There's some interesting stuff in the Wiki article that people
>>> can look at. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 23, 2007 11:20 AM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>> I wasn't trying to give everyone's view or any kind of truth, just my own
>>>> view.  I'm not sure what insults and verbal abuse have to do with Peter
>>>> being banned.  As I have said, the only reason I wanted him banned was
>>>> because the purpose of trolling and spamming is to interrupt the dialoged
>>>> and run people off.
>>>> 
>>>> When it comes to verbal abuse and insults it would help to have a context
>>>> to put your question in.  Is there something particular about insults and
>>>> verbal abuse that you have experienced that you would like to dialogue
>>>> about?
>>>> 
>>>> Susan  
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Irene Darcy <mailto:irenedarcy@gmail.com>
>>>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:07 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>>>>> 
>>>>> KI:  What one person interprets as insulting another may interpret as a
>>>>> compliment. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have you been reading Byron Katie?  Frankly, I think she's way off base.
>>>>> The point is, your view isn't the view everyone has. And there is no one
>>>>> 'truth' of that issue.  How would you, personally, distinguish verbal
>>>>> abuse from insults?
>>>>> 
>>>> 

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From DFACTOR at dc.rr.com  Sun Dec 23 19:16:08 2007
From: DFACTOR at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:23:32 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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On  a couple of occasions I looked back in my archives at some of  
peter's stuff and it made good sense and was insightful. But then it  
would change and he would add more and more of his gobbledygook and  
defeat his own purposes. But it did drive a lot of others off the  
list and that is the main reason that I felt he had to go.

don
On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:45 AM, rob mooney wrote:

> language differences are of degree rather than kind though. You can  
> learn to understand another language. And even with English (or is  
> it American) - i like ee cummings though sometimes his stuff seems  
> almost as dislocated as Pit's. there is a kernel though or a  
> strange attractor. There might be with Peter too, I just can't see it.
>
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:34:01 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
> Yes, I also like the idea that what she said suggested the universal.
>
> Do we say there's something "universal" about poetry? -- dl
>
> But only if you speak the same language as the poet.
>
> don
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From: irenedarcy at gmail.com (Irene Darcy)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:25:08 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
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KI:  Lynne, I'm going to answer you, then sign off and work on Bach.  The
disruptive students were always giving me feedback, teaching me something I
didn't know, asking for something I, as a teacher, could have given.
Sometimes that giving was a message about problems at home s/he needed help
with.  Sometimes, they were saying they needed something different than what
I was giving.  But it was always about learning.  As for the students, the
difference between private tutoring or home schooling and a large classroom
is that there are social lessons to learn as well as academic ones.  And,
just before my retirement, we were teaching conflict resolution beginning in
Kindergarden.  That has become increasingly necessary due to the escalation
of violence in schools.

On Dec 23, 2007 1:09 PM, Lynne Tolk <lynne@lifedirectionscoach.com> wrote:

>  Subvert, according to Webster:
>     1. To overthrow or destroy
>     2. To corrupt; to undermine
>
> When a student disrupts a class, doesn't the teacher/facilitator have a
> responsibility to the others to act to prevent the behavior that is
> undermining the learning environment?  One might argue that we could learn
> from our annoyance/emotions triggered by the behavior, but that seems a
> lesson that doesn't need to be labored.  And I found myself not so much
> annoyed as bored.
>
>
> On 12/23/07 10:52 AM, "Irene Darcy" <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?
>  Let's look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the
> emotions they have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties
> Union.  We have something really juicy to look at here.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>
> It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind
> of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but
> especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves
> something.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Irene Darcy <mailto:irenedarcy@gmail.com>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> become subversive to the group
>
> KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there
> better words available, or is that what you mean to say?
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.
>  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's
> said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only
> unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.
>
> Susan
>
>
>
> info: www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
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>


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From: rob.mooney at hotmail.co.uk (rob mooney)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:25:53 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
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I cannot give the reasons (Mervyn Peake)
 
I cannot give the reasons,
I only sing the tunes;
the sadness of the seasons
the madness of the moons.
 
I cannot be didactic
or lucid, but I canbe quite obscure and practic-
ally marzipan
 
in gorgery and gushness
and all that's squishified.
My voice has all the lushness
of what I can't abide
 
and yet it has a beauty
most proud and terrible
denied to those whose duty
is to be cerebral.
 
Among the antlered mountains
I make my viscous way
and watch the sepia fountains
throw up their lime-green spray.


Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:52:54 -0700Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessFrom: lynne@lifedirectionscoach.comTo: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
It?s hard to put poetry into prose.  I?m appreciating both.On 12/23/07 10:48 AM, "rob mooney" <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
thanks Pat. wonderful. now let's see you stand on one leg and touch your nose with your fingertip. :-) -- seriously


To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:33:34 -0500Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and alonenessFrom: ae.dropper@juno.comTo be without the belief in a thought, is to be without a sense of "separation" [beyond the necessary proprioceptive sense of such]. In the moments where there is a thought of "me" with another thought of "my life" it can be asked "Is this possible?" Is it possible that there could be a "me" that is separate from "my life?" Amazingly enough, there are these beliefs and feelings and deep sensations that there could be a "me" that is separate from "my life."  This brings with it a sense of necessity to actually "treat" "my life" as separate from "me." To control it, to change it, to dislike it, to like it. This "my life" thought, can give a sensation that this "my life" is much much 'larger' than "me." And here "my life" can translate in sensation and feeling as "the world" and "the world," in the sensation [of the thought] can thus get vastly larger than "me."  And we take refuge in a "friendship" or a "home" as though these are the only places where we can find any rest. Little islands of "safety" and "security" to huddle in for respite from "the world." Writing is great, because in writing there they are; the beliefs plunked down, sitting still, right before my eyes. Those things that create the sensations of reality, just sitting there staring back at me. If one adds after every believed thought on the paper, the additional phrase "This is what it feels like" the document is more complete. The feelings will be some variation on good feeling or bad feeling but with the belief there comes the feeling that "this is true," that "this is what is."  We think we are reporting (Thought is simply telling me the way things are) but what we are doing is creating (Thought is affecting feeling and thus, perception of "reality"). And "we" are not even doing it, because "we" [here] is another thought, another belief. And an "attachment" occurs between the two thoughts, that comes of the peculiar structure of the language of the thoughts. The thought of "I" as the 'maker' of "of "my life" is in the structure of the language. And there is truth in this, is there not? This thought of "I" as "making" "my life" is  the experience of "my life."  In order to achieve this though, this proprietorship, separation is necessary. For this life to be this "mine," property lines need to be drawn. What is "not mine" [the edges]. "not my life" needs to be determined. And the edges of "my life" are the points where it is separated from "the rest of the world." And with this comes a feeling, a sense, a deep conviction, of separation. A separation way beyond any proprioceptive needs of the organism, a separation built and continually reconstructed by belief [largely implicit] in the language structure of reflexive thought's delivery system. The combination of inquiry into the truth of each thought, along with the "passion" to stay with the feelings as much as possible is a workable formula for freedom from the sense of separateness [that "separateness" that shows itself in any distress or discomfort with that which is "beyond the 'property lines' of the thought of "me" or "mine"]. We can express ourselves for years, as in journaling, and be thinking any number of things about such expression. We can think of it as 'getting it out of us'. We can think of it as 'making archive material' or biography. We can think of it as 'working with language; refining or improving ways of saying things. We can think of it in a lot of ways. But we can also think of it as "the best prerequisite to the inquiry process that there is." We can think of it as a goldmine of opportunity. And incidentally, the structure of language, as in using the phrase "We can think of it" instead of the phrase "The thought occurs" [which incidentally might be helpful] is not necessary. What is necessary is that the beliefs in these thoughts as truths [any thoughts, as truths] needs to fall away. And it can fall away. And it does fall away. And this is what the emphasis on proprioception [the direct awareness that thought is affecting perception] is all about. It is about a seeing; a seeing that has nothing at all to do with thinking. Except that it is a "seeing" of  the thinking process. A seeing of the thought process in the entirety of its course of movement. Without belief in the  thoughts, the thoughts pass through as clouds that are a configuration which is noticed. With the belief in thoughts, the belief in a thought is its entryway into the entire neurochemistry and neurophysiology of the body. And this is what makes conviction that these thoughts are "the truth." --  funny   Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:08:40 -0800 (PST) Karilen Mays <tubakari@yahoo.com> writes:
Hello, group exploring online, There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real" messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me. So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more; you can judge that.) The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (our interpretations of the experiences and future experiences) is up for investigation.  Lately, I have been emotionally raw. The last few months, and even the last year have been fairly intense. Have attributed it to exhaustion some of the time, but I wonder what else is happening here. Many of us know something about human and adult development, ranging from Piaget, Maslow, Loevinger, Cook-Greuter, Kegan, Torbert, Beck and Cowan, etc. (If any of those names are not familiar, we can talk further.) There have been some intense contractions, physically and emotionally lately. So, given that development is not a straight line, or even stair steps, but let's say a dialectical spiral of patterns that is evolving, so nothing is a given...:) my "self assessment" is that I may be engaging more of my capacity than ever before and I dont know if that means I am "going to the next level of development" or hitting a pathological place, or a good place. Luckily I feel like I can be supported in this at work and through a few of my friends, whatever it is, though one aspect I will say a bit more about is being alone.  But first, some other aspects: I feel this deep, deep, tension in my stomach, and my heart area feels very raw, large, and warm. I realize in a sense I am story telling through this whole email. I did not plan to write it until a few moments ago, so maybe something interesting or provoking will be here, maybe not. (Yes, I have a bias for unplanned activities...) Back to the "symptoms" I've been noticing. There is a sense of separation, of woundedness, that I tend to wallow in. A small comment from someone can send me to a place of doubting if I really know anything, and if I am just a joke of a person. Yet I know that "my" capacity to experience and make sense of reality, in happy ecstatic places as well as dark lonely places in the psyche, is beyond what I seem to know. I can sort of trust my adaptogenic nature as a human and consciousness to take care of me. I dont know if it makes the disgust with myself and the world any easier to hold, but so far Im still here...or something is. The realization of life lately, or maybe even oneness, for me has included a flavor of aloneness that I have always known, but when I was younger, I wanted it to go away and called it depression at times. As we are unique beings, no person can ever truly understand another. For what is there to understand, and who is doing it? The realization, I am alone...has really schocked me. I am inquiring into it and do not wish to hold on to it longer than it serves, but in a way it can be freeing. To truly realize this liberates me from the need for others to "get me." Then I am more available to be with them in a non-wanting way, except to allow them to be who they are by listening and seeing them. The fact is some people get me more than others. It is fine if some of us just dont get each other. That is why there are millions of people...so we can be seen, met, and supported by someone -- not everyone at everytime. So to play with this thought-feeling of woundedness and aloneness which is at times isolating, can provide a lot of opening. We can inquire all the way to the level of seeing that there is no one to be understood, and that we are all understanding each other together...so this is just where I am at. On this beginning of winter, when the days begin to lengthen and the nights grow shorter, I am contemplative as I head to 15 hours of nighttime partying. What is there for me/us (yes, us) to do in the world this year? What beliefs and parts of self/psyche will I discover and welcome, or let go of? Who is letting go of them? How can I, sort of get out of the way, of my own development while taking an empowering stand for my values, knowing that they are going to change and they are not the final story? Or is this what we effortlessly do because it is our destiny if anything is? How can I have an impact in the next year? How am I fulfilling my unlimited capacity? What do I/we want to create in this next day, next year? Anyone have any answers or other useful guiding questions for us? What do we want to explore this year? Who are we? Maybe what I have said will provoke more inquiry. If there is a goal, then that is it. And of course, I expect to be seen and understood by some of you because we are all here together, and I have certain general ideas about the capacities of this group...other than that I am sick of hearing myself talk so I will close this. Thank you all... Love,Kari
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From: DFACTOR at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Sun Dec 23 19:28:39 2007
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I'm not certain what you mean by insults, for whatever reason, are  
unacceptable. I guess it depends on context and what one means by  
insult. I am thinking here about the microcosm idea of dialogue where  
insults do happen and its worth exploring the reasons they turn up  
when the do - not in the abstract but when they actually occur.

don
On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Irene Darcy wrote:

> KI:  Wait - not good enough.  All people who insult others aren't  
> doing it for reasons of trolling-spaming.  There are people who do  
> it in real life, and not in the context of cyberspace.  Some  
> learned it from verbally abusive parents.  So I would like to see  
> insults, for whatever reason, be unacceptable.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 10:47 AM, Irene Darcy <irenedarcy@gmail.com> wrote:
> KI:  That works for me, too.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 10:45 AM, Susan Clemons <  
> Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net > wrote:
> Makes no difference to me.  But I would like to know that the  
> moment he starts acting out he's going to unsubscribed.  And that  
> goes for anyone who joins who starts making it obvious that they  
> are here for the purpose of trolling and/or spamming.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rob mooney
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
>
> Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't  
> being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another  
> name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted  
> something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep  
> your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such  
> things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit.
>
> don
>
> On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
> Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by  
> the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as  
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his  
> own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam  
> filter. -- admin
>
>
>
>
> info: www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
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>
>
>
> -- 
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On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:57 AM, Don Lay wrote:

> That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl
>
Do you want to have a go at talking about hidden order?

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Yes Don, you are right. It's just a pity - I'd been serching for his hat. Never mind though, eh?


From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.comSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from adminDate: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:13:04 -0800To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgWell for a while this was the case. But has happened with each of his incarnations here, he has only been able to maintain his calm for a short period, in this instance only about a month or so, and then he couldn't help but reveal his more destructive side - even before that it became apparent to some that this was him. 

don


On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:38 AM, rob mooney wrote:
Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?


From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.comSubject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from adminDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.orgI am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name, possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot that AEB was pit. 

don


On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:


Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. -- admin
 
Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually directed to one of Peter's addresses:
 

[was something about Failure]
 
If dialogue, from the Greek dia logos indicates reason, is it reasonable to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the ignoring of or distortion of reason and meaning?
 
It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point -- meaningful -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
 
Some questions occur: 
 
May meaningful communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
 
When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication possible?  Is meaningful communication possible?
 
My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable, rational and meaningful and are therefore, dialogical.  -dl
 
bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org wrote: 
You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue
 
 
 
 
 
The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed, 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
 
The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii much here, among yoUs.
 
Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so he "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).
 
Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).
 
Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
 
Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go away" because of this move(away).
 
Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly' about (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once, just once, being able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it takgive place, time (tice)... dobeing touched (penetration, see above) by it. Once again you findy that groupi strength ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title: "Acting & Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities, softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
 
Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing, pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of "self&awareness"). 
 
Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE, thusly, a part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like Bohm's story about the woman who keeps beating herself (while) under the i'm-pressure to be under attack: the attacked=the attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go 'ahead', and keep beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that the-observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
 
ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.
 
Tschuess  )(


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Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter.
 
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Ooooooooooh,
noooooooooo
problema, senor
 
will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))
 
ciao
 
cheers
 
.... later ... (wellaugh: soooon)
 
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KI:  Yes, I agree with you both.  It's really quite sad.

On Dec 23, 2007 1:23 PM, rob mooney <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>  Yes Don, you are right. It's just a pity - I'd been serching for his hat.
> Never mind though, eh?
>
>  ------------------------------
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:13:04 -0800
>
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> Well for a while this was the case. But has happened with each of his
> incarnations here, he has only been able to maintain his calm for a short
> period, in this instance only about a month or so, and then he couldn't help
> but reveal his more destructive side - even before that it became apparent
> to some that this was him.
> don
>
>  On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:38 AM, rob mooney wrote:
>
> Does it make a difference if he's subscribed, so long as he isn't being
> personally insulting to people and acting like an arse?
>
> ------------------------------
> From: DFACTOR@dc.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:21:00 -0800
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> I am informed that pit is still subscribed here under yet another name,
> possibly more than one. He has written to Irene and quoted something she
> wrote to the list after he was unsubscribed. So, keep your eyes open for any
> hints. Susan has a very keen eye for such things. She was the first to spot
> that AEB was pit.
> don
>
>  On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:07 PM, Don Lay wrote:
>
>  Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
> bohm_dialogue list server.  He has been unsubscribed as
> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own
> server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter. --
> admin
>
> Under the circumstances, I believe it is not inappropriate to pass on the
> following which I thought was sent to the Bohm list but was actually
> directed to one of Peter's addresses:
>
>  [was something about Failure]
>
> If dialogue, from the Greek *dia logos* indicates reason, is it reasonable
> to expect a dialogue to be the use of reason and to eliminate the ignoring
> of or distortion of reason and meaning?
>
> It seems entirely reasonable, rational, and perhaps more to the point -- *
> meaningful* -- to not allow the lack of, or distortion of reason and
> meaning, to occur in place of dialogue.
>
> Some questions occur:
>
> May *meaningful *communication occur without reason, ratio, meaning?
> Does communication occur absent reason, ratio, and meaning?
>
> When reason, ration, meaning is distorted or absent, is communication
> possible?  Is *meaningful communication* possible?
>
> My view is that the moderator's present actions are reasonable, rational
> and meaningful and are therefore, *dialogical.*  -dl
>
>
>
>
>
> *bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org <http:///>* wrote:
>
> You are now unsubscribed from Bohm_Dialogue
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The 'good'/'bad' news first: Pit is out (gone, booted, unsubbed,
> 'taken-care-of', dedialoged...).
>
> The 'better'/'worse' knews next: s'he is NOT. S'he is still verii much
> here, among yoUs.
>
> Once again, D-Factor could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so he
> "pulled the plug" (oncommunication, and thus, at --the core of-- dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue could not "take it", could not "handle it"... ~ so
> you "pulled the plug" (on communication, and thus, at --the core of--
> dialogue).
>
> Once again, B-Dialogue=you have failed, re failing.
>
> Once again, the "problem/s" did not and do not and will not "go away"
> because of this move(away).
>
> Once again you will talk another trillion years  'penetratingly' about
> (B)Dialogue, its beauty (beast): w/o, once again, for once, just once, being
> able to let it happen: (B)Dialogue, to let it takgive place, time (tice)...
> dobeing touched (penetration, see above) by it. Once again you findy that
> groupi strength ("coherence", cohesion) in what Don Lay likes to title:
> "Acting & Pretending". Once again, you wo'managed to gather around the
> camp&fire&place of vanities, and superficialities, and phonitities,
> softplaying, neckmassagings, makeupping..... And if it was not so
> pathetictictic, I would congratulate you.
>
> Once again, the 'problem' pit will not go away by moving, pushing,
> pullpushitting him/her/it offlist, & under the 'rug' (of "self&awareness").
>
> Once again, the "peters" of this world ARE a part of tas, ARE, thusly, a
> part of YOU. ARE systemic, systematictictic.... And, like Bohm's story about
> the woman who keeps beating herself (while) under the i'm-pressure to be
> under attack: the attacked=the attacker= the attack. So, by 'any means': go
> 'ahead', and keep beating yourselves, bones, while you drool over that
> the-observer=the-observed=.... stuff(ing). bood luckg.
>
> ii is still hear, and watching, and in 'awe'.... see you in a bit/pit.
>
> Tschuess  )(
>
> ------------------------------
> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it
> now. <http:///>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* dialogue-admin <admin@david-bohm.net>
>
> *To:* bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:01 PM
> *Subject:* [Bohm_Dialogue] message from admin
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>   Please note that Peter's emails are no longer being distributed by the
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> a.debakey@yahoo.com but is now sending his spam directly from his own
> server as humanimal@thinkg.net. I suggest you update your spam filter.
>
> admin
>
>
>
>
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> Ooooooooooh,
> noooooooooo
> problema, senor
>
> will just use one of the other few hand-full-full-fulls  ;---))
>
> ciao
>
> cheers
>
> .... later ... (wellaugh: soooon)
>
> humanimal
>
>
>
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From: DFACTOR at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Sun Dec 23 20:38:11 2007
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
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This is certainly not my reading of Bohm. Bohm was not an  
intellectual historian, nor was he an academic philosopher. He was a  
guy who was deeply concerned about the state of he human world as it  
existed in the 20th Century AD. He was a worrier, and often the news  
left him feeling deeply depressed. His medically diagnosed depression  
was not the usual sort. When he was down he got grumpy and when he  
was up he was at his most creative. It was only later when he was  
hospitalized that it took the form of a deep depression, and this had  
a lot to If he occasionally referred to ancient philosophers to help  
explain his positions, that is all he did. But to try to take us back  
to traditions or cultures  about which very little is actually known  
was not something that interested him. He did like ideas though.  
These were his meat and veg. But when it comes to the ancients,  
recall that during the days of Hericlitus et al, the Greek city  
states were involved in almost endless wars, not only against the  
Persians but often against each other. Not much different from the US  
in this century. I am sure we have considerably more great thinkers  
around today then Athens did in 500BC.

don

On Dec 23, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Don Lay wrote:

> Maybe so.  But that is not what Bohm did.  Is it?  Did he?
>
> Maybe he suggested that in dialogue the hidden order might become  
> revealed.  Or that truth might be revealed in dialogue, truth as  
> deriving from the Greek aletheia, meaning that which becomes  
> unhidden. -- dl
>
>
>
>
> From: Susan Clemons
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
> Hmmmmmm..........I would say we could inquire into the hidden order  
> within our own communications with each other or we could act and  
> pretend the adequacy of looking at the thoughts of long dead  
> authority figures and so keep ourselves at a distance from our own  
> feelings in the moment about ourselves and each other.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Lay
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
> Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl? --  
> Susan
>
> Nice laugh!
>
> We could assume the adequacy of identity instead inquiring, instead  
> of asking the meaning that the Greek logos referenced by db/thought  
> is or has been translated, interpreted as meaning.
>
> Instead of investigating Heraclitus, who was the first to suggest  
> that the logos was hidden order, we could act and pretend the  
> language appropriate for social reality was adequate for inquiry  
> and thusly, talk about ourselves instead of what db/wrote about.
>
> That is, instead of talking about the relationship of db/thought to  
> Greek thought, we could talk about ourselves.  -- dl
>
>
>
> From: Susan Clemons
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
> Hahahahaha!!  What else could we possibly be inquiring into dl?
>
> Susan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Lay
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] group poem-add a line
>
> I have wondered if Heraclitus' notion of logos as hidden order  
> interested Bohm who, I believe, sought solid ground for ideas  
> regarding qt and especially maybe hidden variables.
>
> It seems reasonable and meaningful to consider the notion of hidden  
> order in the universe instead of simply assuming that the adequacy  
> of the particular tribal or social order one is in.
>
> That make sense ... to consider the notion of hidden order?  -- dl
>
>
>
>
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Date: Sun Dec 23 21:28:33 2007
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I found that Peter and I quite often had things in common.  However, he could seldom be bothered to inquire into them.  I would guess that interpreting what I wrote as implying that I am incapable is one way of interpreting it.  I can see many ways the dialogue here mirrors society.  However, bringing up McCarthyism, Bush, and Civil Liberties doesn't fit anywhere into what I see.  That's why I asked you how those ideas fit in for you since you were the one who brought them up.

Since you've declined to answer me then I guess the only way I can answer you is to guess what you might be thinking.  With the subjects you have brought up in relationship to Peter being unsubbed it sounds like you are suggesting that Peter is being persecuted and his right to free speech is being denied.  He has already shown quite clearly that his right to free speech is not the least bit in jeopardy so I think we can let go of that one pretty easily.  Now when it comes to ideas of persecution I would have to say that if I were going to use that with this particular issue (which I would not normally associate it with) then I would have to say that Peter is the persecutor who sees any authority figure as a substitute father figure that he feels the need to persecute when he doesn't get the response from them he wants.  And with Bush I would associate fanaticism and yes, Peter seems to be a fanatic on the order of Bush or worse so that one I guess fits.  

But my own idea of how this mirrors the larger socio-cultural society is that Peter, like many people who have grown up in a society that reveres science as the new god seems to have come to the conclusion that there is no inherent meaning in anything and would like to prove that by inserting chaos into any group where people have decided to explore some kind of order.  And it doesn't seem to me that it's the belief in the lack of meaning that's the problem, but Peter's seeming need to prove there is no meaning.  Of course, I don't really know if any of that is what he thinks or not, just that this is what his behavior suggests to me.

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Irene Darcy 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 11:10 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


  KI:  Your response has a great deal in common with Peter's.  You tell me to show the relationship as though you are incapable of seeing relationships.  And what is 'personally'?  How do you feel about Bohm's experience with McCarthy?  About Bush?  Are you trying to make think that you can't see how any of this mirrors society ?  

  I remember Peter said it looked like he and I were the only ones into taking out the trash.  Forget it.  I've got better things to do.


  On Dec 23, 2007 1:01 PM, Susan Clemons < Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

    Since Peter's actions are the only ones I've ever dealt with personally that I would label subversive they are the ones I would feel comfortable talking about.  Like I've said before Kathryn, I'm really interested in dialoguing about how the list mirrors society.  To me, dialogue is about relating the personal to the larger socio-cultural realm.  So I would be glad to look at civil liberties if you can show me a relationship between them and Peter's or anyone else's actions on the list.  

    Susan

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Irene Darcy 
      To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
      Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:52 AM
      Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


      KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive' actions?  Let's look at that in a context other than Peter's actions, and the emotions they have aroused on this list.  Think American Civil Liberties Union.  We have something really juicy to look at here. 


      On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

        It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy any kind of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he himself creates, but especially here.  He seems to somehow think that creating chaos proves something.  

        Susan

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Irene Darcy 
          To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
          Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
          Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


          become subversive to the group

          KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are there better words available, or is that what you mean to say? 


          On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

            I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.  

            Susan

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I don't know about Peter Renzland; I have no clue that he might be Peter
Krauss. 
On the other hand, Alfred Landman definitely is Peter Krauss. 
 
admin
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Susan Clemons
Date: 23.12.2007 18:34:33
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
 
I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred Landman. 
Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to the list.  As he's
said, there really isn't any way to keep him from subscribing.  We can only
unsub him or anyone else when their posts become subversive to the group.  
 
Susan
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: donald factor 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse


But how does he read the quoted segments? 


don


On Dec 23, 2007, at 8:17 AM, william wrote:


 
Peter is sending unsollicited emails and tries to make it look as if they
come through the bohm_dialogue list server. He uses the following email
addresses: humanimal@thinkg.net or a.debakey@yahoo.com
 
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I see no problem with this language. And I sometimes, I must admit  
that I have wondered if Irene. Kathy, and all your other pseudonyms  
might not be incarnations of peter. I wouldn't put it past him.  
Didn't you say that you had met Peter Renzland?

don

On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Irene Darcy wrote:

> become subversive to the group
>
> KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are  
> there better words available, or is that what you mean to say?
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons  
> <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred  
> Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to  
> the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him  
> from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their  
> posts become subversive to the group.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: donald factor
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> But how does he read the quoted segments?
>
> don
>
> On Dec 23, 2007, at 8:17 AM, william wrote:
>
>>
>> Peter is sending unsollicited emails and tries to make it look as  
>> if they come through the bohm_dialogue list server. He uses the  
>> following email addresses: humanimal@thinkg.net or  
>> a.debakey@yahoo.com
>>
>> If you feel bothered by this please go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/ 
>> us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-33.html  where you find  
>> instructions on how to complain at Yahoo.com about  
>> a.debakey@yahoo.com
>> or go to www.canaca.com to complain about humanimal@thinkg.net
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You really are beginning to sound like Peter now.

don

On Dec 23, 2007, at 10:10 AM, Irene Darcy wrote:

> KI:  Your response has a great deal in common with Peter's.  You  
> tell me to show the relationship as though you are incapable of  
> seeing relationships.  And what is 'personally'?  How do you feel  
> about Bohm's experience with McCarthy?  About Bush?  Are you trying  
> to make think that you can't see how any of this mirrors society ?
>
> I remember Peter said it looked like he and I were the only ones  
> into taking out the trash.  Forget it.  I've got better things to do.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 1:01 PM, Susan Clemons <  
> Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Since Peter's actions are the only ones I've ever dealt with  
> personally that I would label subversive they are the ones I would  
> feel comfortable talking about.  Like I've said before Kathryn, I'm  
> really interested in dialoguing about how the list mirrors  
> society.  To me, dialogue is about relating the personal to the  
> larger socio-cultural realm.  So I would be glad to look at civil  
> liberties if you can show me a relationship between them and  
> Peter's or anyone else's actions on the list.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Irene Darcy
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> KI:  Can you please describe specifically some 'subversive'  
> actions?  Let's look at that in a context other than Peter's  
> actions, and the emotions they have aroused on this list.  Think  
> American Civil Liberties Union.  We have something really juicy to  
> look at here.
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:44 PM, Susan Clemons  
> <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> It's exactly what I meant to say.  Peter's purpose is to destroy  
> any kind of order he finds anywhere, other than the order he  
> himself creates, but especially here.  He seems to somehow think  
> that creating chaos proves something.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Irene Darcy
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> become subversive to the group
>
> KI:  Those words sound like McCarthy and Homeland Security.  Are  
> there better words available, or is that what you mean to say?
>
> On Dec 23, 2007 12:34 PM, Susan Clemons  
> <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I'm guessing that Pete Renzland is Peter and also possibly Alfred  
> Landman.  Who knows how many other names he's used to subscribe to  
> the list.  As he's said, there really isn't any way to keep him  
> from subscribing.  We can only unsub him or anyone else when their  
> posts become subversive to the group.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: donald factor
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] abuse
>
> But how does he read the quoted segments?
>
> don
>
>
>
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Lovely, but shouldn't it be "too cerebral"? It certainly scan better.  
Peake was a pretty good poet.

don

On Dec 23, 2007, at 10:18 AM, rob mooney wrote:

> I cannot give the reasons (Mervyn Peake)
>
> I cannot give the reasons,
> I only sing the tunes;
> the sadness of the seasons
> the madness of the moons.
>
> I cannot be didactic
> or lucid, but I can
> be quite obscure and practic-
> ally marzipan
>
> in gorgery and gushness
> and all that's squishified.
> My voice has all the lushness
> of what I can't abide
>
> and yet it has a beauty
> most proud and terrible
> denied to those whose duty
> is to be cerebral.
>
> Among the antlered mountains
> I make my viscous way
> and watch the sepia fountains
> throw up their lime-green spray.
>
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:52:54 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
> From: lynne@lifedirectionscoach.com
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>
> It?s hard to put poetry into prose.  I?m appreciating both.
>
> On 12/23/07 10:48 AM, "rob mooney" <rob.mooney@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> thanks Pat. wonderful. now let's see you stand on one leg and touch  
> your nose with your fingertip. :-)
>
> -- seriously
>
>
> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:33:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spam and aloneness
> From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>
> To be without the belief in a thought, is to be without a sense of  
> "separation" [beyond the necessary proprioceptive sense of such].  
> In the moments where there is a thought of "me" with another  
> thought of "my life" it can be asked "Is this possible?" Is it  
> possible that there could be a "me" that is separate from "my  
> life?" Amazingly enough, there are these beliefs and feelings and  
> deep sensations that there could be a "me" that is separate from  
> "my life."
>
> This brings with it a sense of necessity to actually "treat" "my  
> life" as separate from "me." To control it, to change it, to  
> dislike it, to like it. This "my life" thought, can give a  
> sensation that this "my life" is much much 'larger' than "me." And  
> here "my life" can translate in sensation and feeling as "the  
> world" and "the world," in the sensation [of the thought] can thus  
> get vastly larger than "me."
>
> And we take refuge in a "friendship" or a "home" as though these  
> are the only places where we can find any rest. Little islands of  
> "safety" and "security" to huddle in for respite from "the world."
>
> Writing is great, because in writing there they are; the beliefs  
> plunked down, sitting still, right before my eyes. Those things  
> that create the sensations of reality, just sitting there staring  
> back at me. If one adds after every believed thought on the paper,  
> the additional phrase "This is what it feels like" the document is  
> more complete. The feelings will be some variation on good feeling  
> or bad feeling but with the belief there comes the feeling that  
> "this is true," that "this is what is."
>
> We think we are reporting (Thought is simply telling me the way  
> things are) but what we are doing is creating (Thought is affecting  
> feeling and thus, perception of "reality"). And "we" are not even  
> doing it, because "we" [here] is another thought, another belief.  
> And an "attachment" occurs between the two thoughts, that comes of  
> the peculiar structure of the language of the thoughts. The thought  
> of "I" as the 'maker' of "of "my life" is in the structure of the  
> language. And there is truth in this, is there not? This thought of  
> "I" as "making" "my life" is  the experience of "my life."
>
> In order to achieve this though, this proprietorship, separation is  
> necessary. For this life to be this "mine," property lines need to  
> be drawn. What is "not mine" [the edges]. "not my life" needs to be  
> determined. And the edges of "my life" are the points where it is  
> separated from "the rest of the world." And with this comes a  
> feeling, a sense, a deep conviction, of separation. A separation  
> way beyond any proprioceptive needs of the organism, a separation  
> built and continually reconstructed by belief [largely implicit] in  
> the language structure of reflexive thought's delivery system.
>
> The combination of inquiry into the truth of each thought, along  
> with the "passion" to stay with the feelings as much as possible is  
> a workable formula for freedom from the sense of separateness [that  
> "separateness" that shows itself in any distress or discomfort with  
> that which is "beyond the 'property lines' of the thought of "me"  
> or "mine"].
>
> We can express ourselves for years, as in journaling, and be  
> thinking any number of things about such expression. We can think  
> of it as 'getting it out of us'. We can think of it as 'making  
> archive material' or biography. We can think of it as 'working with  
> language; refining or improving ways of saying things. We can think  
> of it in a lot of ways. But we can also think of it as "the best  
> prerequisite to the inquiry process that there is." We can think of  
> it as a goldmine of opportunity.
>
> And incidentally, the structure of language, as in using the phrase  
> "We can think of it" instead of the phrase "The thought  
> occurs" [which incidentally might be helpful] is not necessary.  
> What is necessary is that the beliefs in these thoughts as truths  
> [any thoughts, as truths] needs to fall away. And it can fall away.  
> And it does fall away. And this is what the emphasis on  
> proprioception [the direct awareness that thought is affecting  
> perception] is all about. It is about a seeing; a seeing that has  
> nothing at all to do with thinking. Except that it is a "seeing"  
> of  the thinking process. A seeing of the thought process in the  
> entirety of its course of movement. Without belief in the   
> thoughts, the thoughts pass through as clouds that are a  
> configuration which is noticed. With the belief in thoughts, the  
> belief in a thought is its entryway into the entire neurochemistry  
> and neurophysiology of the body. And this is what makes conviction  
> that these thoughts are "the truth."
>
> --  funny
>
>
>  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:08:40 -0800 (PST) Karilen Mays  
> <tubakari@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hello, group exploring online,
>
> There are couple things I would like to talk about. It is of course  
> great that new people are joining in. However, I have so many  
> messages, especially from Alan, that they are going in my spam  
> folder and I just cant keep up. I may go on vacation mode again. I  
> think it is awesome that Susan and Franis are here because you all  
> just seem authentic and inspiring -- the types of people who are  
> "good" at dialogue. It is difficult for me to find the "real"  
> messages when so much of what is sent just reads like spam to me.  
> So this list is actually spam right now in a sense is the first  
> thing. What value do those messages add? (Not that mine adds more;  
> you can judge that.)
>
> The second thing I want to talk about it just some "food for  
> thought" about my own experience lately. I know it is a limited  
> snapshot, but speaking from our own experiences and feelings is a  
> great way to have real dialogue, especially when it (o