Originally posted by robbie carrobieIgnorance is bliss, eh?
No one can dance and remain self conscious at the same time. Those that are dancing
are to be considered the happiest, for they have learnt to forget themselves.
Its not only something to ponder, but to peer into deeply.
Something to ponder very deeply. I'm reminded of the phrase just about every time someone attacks God or the Scriptures.
In the movie The Matrix, the character Cipher, chose to live out the rest of his life in a virtual reality because he much preferred it to the real world. The fake reality made him the happiest. He planned to live a lie; to dance; to forget himself.
The movie (correctly) didn't depict him as wise, but instead revealed him as a coward.
08 Oct 11
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Originally posted by sumydidfirstly ignorance is bliss is your assertion not mine, you seem to be confusing not
Ignorance is bliss, eh?
Something to ponder very deeply. I'm reminded of the phrase just about every time someone attacks God or the Scriptures.
In the movie The Matrix, the character Cipher, chose to live out the rest of his life in a virtual reality because he much preferred it to the real world. The fake reality made him the h ...[text shortened]... elf.
The movie (correctly) didn't depict him as wise, but instead revealed him as a coward.
being concerned with self and being in a state of ignorance, the two are not
synonymous.
Secondly i watched the first five minutes of the Matrix, decided that people with long
black Jackets blasting shotguns was not for Christians and went and did something
decidedly less boring instead.
lastly, please tell us what wisdom is, i know how i define it, i am just curious as you
seem to be an exponent of it.
09 Oct 11
Originally posted by robbie carrobieActually it was poet Thomas Gray that coined the phrase. And it is a proper boiling down of what you said, i.e. equating happiness with losing consciesness of the self.
firstly ignorance is bliss is your assertion not mine, you seem to be confusing not
being concerned with self and being in a state of ignorance, the two are not
synonymous.
Secondly i watched the first five minutes of the Matrix, decided that people with long
black Jackets blasting shotguns was not for Christians and went and did something ...[text shortened]... what wisdom is, i know how i define it, i am just curious as you
seem to be an exponent of it.
I'm sorry you didn't care for the Matrix, which is an excellent Christian allegory.
And a wonderful contemporary evangelical tool.
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Originally posted by sumydidi never stated that it was losing consciousness, that was your invention, i stated that
Actually it was poet Thomas Gray that coined the phrase. And it is a proper boiling down of what you said, i.e. equating happiness with losing consciesness of the self.
I'm sorry you didn't care for the Matrix, which is an excellent Christian allegory.
And a wonderful contemporary evangelical tool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQozTxQSiE
those who dance are not self concerned, there is a difference. What can i say dude,
violence is not my thang, not with weapons anyway.
09 Oct 11
Originally posted by RJHindsI'm not doing links right now, but yeah, we have at least one thing in common 🙂
I'd rather do it to "Long Tall Glasses".
P.S. If you are not familiar with it here is a link to YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjsN7RbrsU0
Cant help it sometimes, it's the best cure. You gotta let that energy flow around the body and loosen it up.
I'm not a big dancer, but I can see the benefit of it.
09 Oct 11
Originally posted by karoly aczelI'm a private dancer. Ha, Ha.
I'm not doing links right now, but yeah, we have at least one thing in common 🙂
Cant help it sometimes, it's the best cure. You gotta let that energy flow around the body and loosen it up.
I'm not a big dancer, but I can see the benefit of it.