Comments for One Man's Journal http://onemansjournal.org Various ruminations about life... Mon, 31 May 2010 15:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on My Music by Hennie Bekker http://onemansjournal.org/my-music/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Hennie Bekker Mon, 31 May 2010 15:35:02 +0000 http://onemansjournal.org/?page_id=14#comment-364 I swung by, listened and really liked Melancholy. I Hope all is well with you Tim. All the best to you, Hennie I swung by, listened and really liked Melancholy.
I Hope all is well with you Tim.
All the best to you,
Hennie

]]> Comment on Life and the Spectrum of Consciousness by insomniac http://onemansjournal.org/2010/01/18/life-and-the-spectrum-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-426 insomniac Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:01:44 +0000 http://onemansjournal.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/life-and-the-spectrum-of-consciousness/#comment-426 Can't argue with that. cheers, jim Can’t argue with that.

cheers,
jim

]]> Comment on Life and the Spectrum of Consciousness by Tim http://onemansjournal.org/2010/01/18/life-and-the-spectrum-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Tim Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:15:33 +0000 http://onemansjournal.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/life-and-the-spectrum-of-consciousness/#comment-425 Thanks, Jim, for your input! Yes, exciting and interesting stuff!. I agree with Lloyd also. And, biological systems not only amplify the fundemental process...they ARE the process. Awareness, in my opinion, is their specific biological imperative. And, single cell stuctures, thanks to your input are aware of their environment...in however a small way (compared to us). And they, combined with the rest of the "living" species of "Life" here on earth, make up...they total the sum: LIFE...aware of itself! Cheers Tim Thanks, Jim, for your input! Yes, exciting and interesting stuff!.

I agree with Lloyd also. And, biological systems not only amplify the fundemental process…they ARE the process. Awareness, in my opinion, is their specific biological imperative. And, single cell stuctures, thanks to your input are aware of their environment…in however a small way (compared to us). And they, combined with the rest of the “living” species of “Life” here on earth, make up…they total the sum: LIFE…aware of itself!

Cheers
Tim

]]> Comment on Life and the Spectrum of Consciousness by insomniac http://onemansjournal.org/2010/01/18/life-and-the-spectrum-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-424 insomniac Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:58:23 +0000 http://onemansjournal.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/life-and-the-spectrum-of-consciousness/#comment-424 Works for me! I think it goes even deeper. I agree with Seth Lloyd(MIT) who says that the universe is a quantum information processing system. The info it is processing is matter. Biological systems amplify that fundamental process, through sensory subsystems to produce awareness. Studies of single cell creatures show that they are aware of their environment.(quorum sensing) Like you say, it isn't the same kind of awareness that we use every day, but it serves the same function. Yes indeed, an exciting concept. cheers, jim Works for me! I think it goes even deeper.

I agree with Seth Lloyd(MIT) who says that the universe is a quantum information processing system. The info it is processing is matter. Biological systems amplify that fundamental process, through sensory subsystems to produce awareness.

Studies of single cell creatures show that they are aware of their environment.(quorum sensing) Like you say, it isn’t the same kind of awareness that we use every day, but it serves the same function.

Yes indeed, an exciting concept.

cheers,
jim

]]> Comment on Lost futures… by Tim http://onemansjournal.org/2009/07/12/lost-futures/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Tim Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:12:35 +0000 http://onemansjournal.org/?p=136#comment-378 Thanks, Son! Love you, Dad Thanks, Son!

Love you,
Dad

]]> Comment on Lost futures… by jTronZero http://onemansjournal.org/2009/07/12/lost-futures/comment-page-1/#comment-377 jTronZero Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:37:35 +0000 http://onemansjournal.org/?p=136#comment-377 Good comeback entry man. :) Good comeback entry man. :)

]]> Comment on Social Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Zoloft, and Christmas. by Misia http://onemansjournal.org/2008/12/24/zoloft-social-anxiety-disorder-and-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Misia Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:32:26 +0000 http://onemansjournal.org/?p=39#comment-373 I'm sorry you feel so hurt by God, for whatever reason. But really... there's these people who hear about the "signs of the coming apocolypse" and they think, I'll just keeping living however I wanna live, and when the signs start showing up, I'll know to smarten up. And really... if we knew the date and time, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't do anything until the last minute. That's just not how it works. Jesus never said to the disciples that he would return in their lifetimes. He said he is coming soon. Soon is a relative term. What does soon mean in the realm of eternity? You know that song, "time keeps on slippin' into the future"? God doesn't measure time like man measures time, by seconds and minutes and hours and days and years. God measures time in seasons. Seasons of opportunity. I think that one of the "signs" of the "end times" is not only one word currency, one world religion, but also one world language. This may literally happen... but also... the whole world already runs on one language... binary code. The language of computers. And there is revelation to be marvelled at, God speaking to us even through this absurdity... 0's and 1's. "ON"s or "OFFs", "open"s or "closed"s. Every digit is an opportunity to be either a YES or a NO, to be either ON or to be OFF. To be negative, or to be positive. The marvel of Jesus was that he was always a YES. He was always ON. He never once took the easy way or decided to "sit one out". He was never a "0"... therefore he was "The 1" (har har). At every juncture or opportunity that was presented to him, he chose to have faith and be on. If this line of thinking, this "paradigm" were not of much importance to God, why would he choose to make our entire world dependent on this language? We need to begin looking closer at the things around us.... we will see that God is real and speaking to us, to those who would have eyes to see and ears to hear. We would see that after two thousand years of praying for "thy kingdom come" it is happening.. and heaven is more here than it has ever been and Jesus is closer than he ever has been. I’m sorry you feel so hurt by God, for whatever reason.
But really… there’s these people who hear about the “signs of the coming apocolypse” and they think, I’ll just keeping living however I wanna live, and when the signs start showing up, I’ll know to smarten up. And really… if we knew the date and time, I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t do anything until the last minute. That’s just not how it works. Jesus never said to the disciples that he would return in their lifetimes. He said he is coming soon. Soon is a relative term. What does soon mean in the realm of eternity? You know that song, “time keeps on slippin’ into the future”? God doesn’t measure time like man measures time, by seconds and minutes and hours and days and years. God measures time in seasons. Seasons of opportunity. I think that one of the “signs” of the “end times” is not only one word currency, one world religion, but also one world language. This may literally happen… but also… the whole world already runs on one language… binary code. The language of computers. And there is revelation to be marvelled at, God speaking to us even through this absurdity… 0′s and 1′s. “ON”s or “OFFs”, “open”s or “closed”s. Every digit is an opportunity to be either a YES or a NO, to be either ON or to be OFF. To be negative, or to be positive. The marvel of Jesus was that he was always a YES. He was always ON. He never once took the easy way or decided to “sit one out”. He was never a “0″… therefore he was “The 1″ (har har). At every juncture or opportunity that was presented to him, he chose to have faith and be on. If this line of thinking, this “paradigm” were not of much importance to God, why would he choose to make our entire world dependent on this language? We need to begin looking closer at the things around us…. we will see that God is real and speaking to us, to those who would have eyes to see and ears to hear. We would see that after two thousand years of praying for “thy kingdom come” it is happening.. and heaven is more here than it has ever been and Jesus is closer than he ever has been.

]]> Comment on Social Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Zoloft, and Christmas. by Tim http://onemansjournal.org/2008/12/24/zoloft-social-anxiety-disorder-and-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Tim Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:00:50 +0000 http://onemansjournal.org/?p=39#comment-374 He only forget to tell us how LONG we should "Go Forth" and do that....Jesus made his closest disciples believe that he would return to them to fulfill all of his promises...in their lifetimes. How many lifetimes have passed during the wait? How many more? Is that "Hope"? "Compassion" and "Love" don't do that to people. Compassion and love DO, NOW. If not...it simply isn't there! He only forget to tell us how LONG we should “Go Forth” and do that….Jesus made his closest disciples believe that he would return to them to fulfill all of his promises…in their lifetimes. How many lifetimes have passed during the wait? How many more? Is that “Hope”?

“Compassion” and “Love” don’t do that to people. Compassion and love DO, NOW. If not…it simply isn’t there!

]]> Comment on Social Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Zoloft, and Christmas. by Misia http://onemansjournal.org/2008/12/24/zoloft-social-anxiety-disorder-and-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Misia Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:15:33 +0000 http://onemansjournal.org/?p=39#comment-370 http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word/7299 I recommend scrolling down to the part that's titled "I want you to go forth and multiply" http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word/7299

I recommend scrolling down to the part that’s titled “I want you to go forth and multiply”

]]> Comment on Social Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Zoloft, and Christmas. by Misia http://onemansjournal.org/2008/12/24/zoloft-social-anxiety-disorder-and-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Misia Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:07:24 +0000 http://onemansjournal.org/?p=39#comment-368 Wow. Why would you think that God would send a plague or sickness to bring down the population before he comes to get them? More like the opposite. Do you not think God is entirely aware that the earths population is increasing at an exponential rate? Do you not think he might have some inkling of what is happening down here? How about the idea that maybe he is the one causing the increase? It will be half the current population... at least. Because from there, it could very well turn into almost the entire population for all we know (purely speculating on this one). He will not come back to claim a limping, battered, sickly bride, he will come back to claim his strong, perfect warrior bride. That's what's taking so long. You really sound like you want to blame God for all that is wrong in the world, but you forget that he gave us free will. It is not his will that any should perish... but again, free will. He will never force himself upon someone. However there will be a "great harvest of souls" before the end comes, this is in the bible and also is prophesied by trusted modern day prophets. As for when, of course we won't know an exact date and time, but those who are wise can perceive the times. It just makes me so sad to think that people actually have this pathetic vision of Jesus coming down to a charred and barren earth, and plucking up a few bedraggled believers who happen to have survived. When really - the opposite! The church will be glowing and miraculous and pride will beam from his face when he receives us. Hmm.. can you tell I'm excited? I don't mean to be overbearing, but I simply can't hide it! I only hope to give you another perspective... one that I believe to be much more accurate! Wow. Why would you think that God would send a plague or sickness to bring down the population before he comes to get them? More like the opposite. Do you not think God is entirely aware that the earths population is increasing at an exponential rate? Do you not think he might have some inkling of what is happening down here? How about the idea that maybe he is the one causing the increase? It will be half the current population… at least. Because from there, it could very well turn into almost the entire population for all we know (purely speculating on this one). He will not come back to claim a limping, battered, sickly bride, he will come back to claim his strong, perfect warrior bride. That’s what’s taking so long. You really sound like you want to blame God for all that is wrong in the world, but you forget that he gave us free will. It is not his will that any should perish… but again, free will. He will never force himself upon someone. However there will be a “great harvest of souls” before the end comes, this is in the bible and also is prophesied by trusted modern day prophets. As for when, of course we won’t know an exact date and time, but those who are wise can perceive the times. It just makes me so sad to think that people actually have this pathetic vision of Jesus coming down to a charred and barren earth, and plucking up a few bedraggled believers who happen to have survived. When really – the opposite! The church will be glowing and miraculous and pride will beam from his face when he receives us. Hmm.. can you tell I’m excited? I don’t mean to be overbearing, but I simply can’t hide it! I only hope to give you another perspective… one that I believe to be much more accurate!

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